{"id":111223,"date":"2020-03-02T09:23:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T07:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=111223"},"modified":"2020-03-02T09:23:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T07:23:35","slug":"motorists-robbed-spikes-thrown-onto-n4-near-bronkhorstspruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2020\/03\/02\/motorists-robbed-spikes-thrown-onto-n4-near-bronkhorstspruit\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorists robbed after spikes are thrown onto N4 near Bronkhorstspruit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A section of the N4 between the Cullinan off-ramp and the Diamond Hill toll plaza has become a hornet&#8217;s nest of criminals after multiple incidents of hijacking and armed robbery were reported in the last two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>A resident from Cullinan shared a warning on social media, on 28 February, stating that over seven motorists were ambushed in one morning, by criminals who cast spikes onto the road.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/111052\/blue-light-hijackers-target-n4-bronkhorstspruit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blue light hijackers target N4 Bronkhorstspruit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The criminals are particularly active during the early hours of the morning and at night, when visibility is poor.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists have been warned not to stop when their vehicles are damaged and continue to the nearest safe area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/108125\/n4-bandits-cast-spikes-across-highway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">N4 bandits cast spikes across highway<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There has also been a spike in hijackings in the same area that has resulted in over four vehicles being hijacked in one evening.<\/p>\n<p>The hijackers make use of blue lights and pose as police officers, forcing motorists to pull over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motorists who travel on the N4 have been urged to remain vigilant and avoid travelling in the dark as criminals continue to target motorists near the Bronkhorstspruit area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":111224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Sjani Campher","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[23637,23617,23636,23638,10010,12898,22853,23635,10333],"class_list":["post-111223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-blue-light-hijackers","tag-blue-light-hijackers-on-n4","tag-criminals-throw-spikes-on-n4-bronkhorstspruit","tag-hijackings-on-n4-near-bronkhorstspruit","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-spikes-on-n4","tag-spikes-on-n4-bronkhorstspruit","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["blue light hijackers","blue light hijackers on N4","criminals throw spikes on n4 bronkhorstspruit","hijackings on n4 near bronkhorstspruit","local news","middelburg news","spikes on N4","spikes on n4 bronkhorstspruit","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}