{"id":74934,"date":"2017-11-06T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T08:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=74934"},"modified":"2017-11-06T12:33:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T10:33:12","slug":"breaking-news-guards-killed-cit-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/11\/06\/breaking-news-guards-killed-cit-shootout\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: CIT shootout in eMalahleni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>11: 25 New information: Update &#8211; CIT on Old Witbank Road<\/p>\n<p>Motorists traveling on the Old Witbank Road towards eMahaleni are asked to used alternative routes as both Gordon and Voortrekker Roads are closed to cordon off the crime scene.<\/p>\n<p>This after a cash-in-transit heist\u00a0which saw security guards injured on the scene. The vehicle belonged to G4S.<\/p>\n<p>At least 15 shots were fired and suspects traveled in a Volskwagen Combi as well as a blue Volkswagen Polo.<\/p>\n<h3>Related news:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/46387\/blood-trail-ends-in-gauteng\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blood trail ends in Gauteng<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/45811\/guard-shot-in-head-during-transit-robbery\/\" target=\"_blank\">Guard shot in head during transit robbery<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Other news:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/74930\/weather-for-the-week-7\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weather for the week<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/74784\/supersport-united-team-stuck-n4-convoy-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Super Sport United team stuck on N4 after convoy crash<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Want breaking news on the go?<\/h3>\n<p>Add us on WhatsApp. Save the number 072 248 3855 on your phone and send a WhatsApp message with the words \u201cAdd me\u201d to receive news broadcasts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expect heavy delays when travelling on Old Witbank Road towards eMalahleni after a shootout this morning. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5031,"featured_media":74935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Jana Boshoff","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[8818,8819,9,2996,2693,8823,8821,21966,6004,6013,8072,2023,8820,8822,4715,8088],"class_list":["post-74934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-cash-in-transit","tag-cit-heist","tag-local-crime-news","tag-emalahleni","tag-g4s","tag-gordon","tag-guards-killed","tag-middelburg","tag-old-middelburg-road","tag-old-witbank-road","tag-shootout","tag-traffic","tag-traffic-delays","tag-voortrekker","tag-witbank","tag-witbank-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["cash in transit","cit heist","Crime","emalahleni","G4S","gordon","guards killed","middelburg","old Middelburg road","Old Witbank Road","shootout","traffic","traffic delays","voortrekker","Witbank","witbank news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74934","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\/5031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}