{"id":89242,"date":"2019-01-31T12:55:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T10:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=89242"},"modified":"2019-02-01T11:22:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T09:22:18","slug":"tomato-sauce-bottles-broken-mistaken-gunshots-pick-n-pay-middelburg-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/01\/31\/tomato-sauce-bottles-broken-mistaken-gunshots-pick-n-pay-middelburg-mall\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomato sauce bottles broken mistaken as gunshots in Pick \u2019n Pay at the Middelburg Mall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daleen Naude rushed to the scene after\u00a0<b>www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>\u00a0received a call of \u201cshots being fired\u201d at the Middelburg Mall. She says that the sound was not made by an actual gun, but by a rowdy customer who swept glass bottles of the tomato sauce rack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/89235\/shots-fired-pick-n-pay-middelburg-mall\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Shots fired&#8217; at Pick &#8216;n Pay in the Middelburg Mall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The bottles breaking were mistaken for gun shots by shoppers. Several shops in the vicinity closed their doors and locked customers inside, fearing that it was a robbery.<\/p>\n<p>The person who broke the bottles was arrested by Pick &#8216;n Pay security guards. The tomato sauce aisle has since been cleaned and police came to collect the culprit.<\/p>\n<p>Reports were recieved that the culprit was mentally unstable and charges might not be laid.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Also read:<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/88482\/parents-frustrated-lack-space-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\">Parents frustrated by a lack of space in Middelburg schools<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/88163\/traffic-officers-appear-court-corruption\/\" target=\"_blank\">Traffic officers to appear in court for corruption<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/88186\/trafficalert-two-dead-kranspoort-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\">#TrafficAlert: Two dead in Kranspoort accidents<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/88191\/video-two-perish-truck-jack-knifes\/\" target=\"_blank\">VIDEO: Two perish after truck jack-knifes<\/a><\/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 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The scene was red, but not with blood, with tomato sauce! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":89243,"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":[14935,10010,12898,16258,16257,16259,10333],"class_list":["post-89242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-armed-robbery-at-middelburg-mall","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-no-shots-fired-at-pick-n-pay-mall","tag-shots-fired-in-pick-n-pay","tag-tomato-sauce-bottles-sound-like-shots-fired","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["armed robbery at middelburg mall","local news","middelburg news","no shots fired at pick n pay mall","shots fired in pick n pay","tomato sauce bottles sound like shots fired","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89242","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=89242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}