{"id":83263,"date":"2018-07-26T13:52:01","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T11:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=83263"},"modified":"2018-07-27T09:01:55","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T07:01:55","slug":"four-armed-robberies-one-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/07\/26\/four-armed-robberies-one-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Four armed robberies in one week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 On Tuesday evening Queens Bottle Store in Hendrina was robbed by a group of armed men. Robbers pistol whipped a Chinese woman against the head and made off with cash, cigarettes and a cellphone.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 On Wednesday five armed men robbed Foschini\u2019s in OR Tambo Street. Robbers fled in a white KIA in the direction of the Old Witbank Road (R555).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/83240\/armed-suspects-hit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Armed suspects hit again<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 On Thursday morning Incredible Connection in the Middelburg Mall was robbed. Five armed robbers entered the business armed with three duvet covers. They targeted laptops and fled via the emergency exit of the mall, dragging their loot behind them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Also on Thursday, police and security officers from Mid Alarms managed to trap a group of suspects inside the roof of the building that hosts Club Malibu next to the Old Pick \u2019n Pay building. It is suspected that they planned on robbing California Lounge Entertainment Centre. Police arrested at least six suspects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Other News:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/83240\/armed-suspects-hit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Armed suspects hit again<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/83232\/taxi-passengers-injured-collision\/\" target=\"_blank\">Taxi passengers injured in collision<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/83214\/no-mercy-mentally-physically-disabled\/\" target=\"_blank\">No mercy for mentally and physically disabled<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"twenty_seventeen_advert_slider\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Want breaking news on the go?<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Save our standby number (072 248 3855) and send us a WhatsApp message with the words \u201cAdd me\u201d to be added to our broadcast list.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Like us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiddelburgObserver\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOBSERV\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mobserver\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs1fP1J8BpepNwIfk2qeVkQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/newsletter-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click on the link<\/a>\u00a0to subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter via email.<\/p>\n<h3>Have a news tip?<\/h3>\n<p>Contact our news room on our 24 hr standby number\u00a0072 248 3855, or send a mail to our editor\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tobie@mobserver.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">tobie@mobserver.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Middelburg area has been hit with four robberies in one week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":83265,"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":[12609,969,12610,7004,8319,12586,12612,12611],"class_list":["post-83263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-armed-robberies","tag-armed-robbery","tag-armed-suspects","tag-club-malibu","tag-crime-in-middelburg","tag-foschini","tag-incredible-connection","tag-queens-bottle-store"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["Armed robberies","armed robbery","armed suspects","Club Malibu","crime in Middelburg","Foschini","Incredible connection","Queens Bottle store"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83263","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=83263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}