{"id":84089,"date":"2018-08-25T06:39:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T04:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=84089"},"modified":"2018-08-25T12:07:35","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T10:07:35","slug":"armed-robbery-auctioneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/08\/25\/armed-robbery-auctioneers\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed robbery at Auctioneers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ms Fiona Smit was confronted by a group of robbers shortly after entering Badenhorst Auctioneers&#8217; premises around 07:00 to open up for the day.<br \/>\nOne of the robbers pointed a firearm at her from the driver\u2019s side while his accomplices ransacked the vehicle for valuables.<\/p>\n<p>They made off with a laptop and auction documents.<\/p>\n<p>Police are investigating the business robbery. No arrests have been made.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Other News:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/84033\/pastor-gunned-down\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pastor gunned down during church service<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/84028\/update-owners-small-holdings-farms-r555-advised-lookout-suspicious-people-forensics-comb-scene\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Update: Owners of small holdings, farms on R555 advised to be on the lookout for suspicious people &#8211; forensics comb scene<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/84021\/three-killed-shootout-police\/\" target=\"_blank\">Three killed in shootout with Police<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/83790\/suspects-might-linked-seven-robberies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Suspects might be linked to seven other robberies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"twenty_seventeen_advert_slider\"><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\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 class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiddelburgObserver\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, follow us on\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOBSERV\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mobserver\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to our\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs1fP1J8BpepNwIfk2qeVkQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" 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><\/h3>\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 class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:tobie@mobserver.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">tobie@mobserver.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An employee of Badenhorst Auctioneers in Belfast was robbed at gunpoint Thursday morning outside the offices of local attorney Mr Petri Badenhorst.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":60414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Gerhard Rheeder","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[13148,13146,13147,1453],"class_list":["post-84089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-armed-robbers-target-woman","tag-armed-robbery-at-badenhorst-auctioneers","tag-badenhorst-auctioneers","tag-belfast"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["armed robbers target woman","armed robbery at Badenhorst auctioneers","Badenhorst auctioneers","Belfast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84089","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=84089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}