{"id":99730,"date":"2019-08-02T15:23:33","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T13:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=99730"},"modified":"2019-08-05T12:22:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T10:22:44","slug":"breaking-news-civilians-shot-cash-transet-heist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/08\/02\/breaking-news-civilians-shot-cash-transet-heist\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Civilians shot in cash-in-transit heist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to an eye witness at the scene, a pregnant woman was wounded and a client refueling his vehicle was shot in the head during the shootout.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency response personnel battled to stabilise the man at the scene before rushing him to hospital.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-99732\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/08\/skiet-1-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/08\/skiet-1-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/08\/skiet-1-LL-ZN-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of the suspects fled in a brown VW Polo, while the other suspects fled on foot. An eye witness reports that the shooters had disappeared before police arrived.<\/p>\n<p>The condition of the victims remains unknown at this time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Also read:<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/99090\/one-dead-early-morning-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\">One dead in early morning crash<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/99014\/fake-notes-belfast-leads-two-arrests\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fake notes in Belfast leads to two arrests<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/98974\/theft-motor-vehicles-rise\/\" target=\"_blank\">Theft of motor vehicles on the rise<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/98900\/accident-claims-life-infant\/\" target=\"_blank\">Accident claims the life of an infant<\/a><\/strong><\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Civilians have been critically wounded following an armed attack on a G4S transit vehicle at the Engen Garage near the Midwater Mall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":99731,"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":[19724,19726,9,10010,12898,19727,19723,10333,19725],"class_list":["post-99730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-cash-in-transit-heist-at-midwater","tag-civilians-wounded-during-armed-attack","tag-local-crime-news","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-shooting-at-midwater-mall","tag-shootout-at-midwater","tag-trusted-news","tag-two-civilians-shot-in-cash-heist"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["cash in transit heist at midwater","civilians wounded during armed attack","Crime","local news","middelburg news","shooting at midwater mall","shootout at midwater","trusted news","two civilians shot in cash heist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99730","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=99730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}