Cash-in-transit heists cripple South Africa

🇿🇦 A cash-in-transit heist turned deadly in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, after a suspect forced open the van door and stabbed the driver.A security guard shot the attacker dead, while the wounded driver ran over the suspect twice during the chaos. The driver was left critically injured and taken to hospital. Police are searching for a second suspect who fled.Follow: @europa

Cash-In-Transit Heist – Cottonlands, KZN A heavily armed gang struck a cash-in-transit vehicle on Vincent Dickenson Road in Cottonlands, KwaZulu-Natal, earlier this morning (Monday). According to initial reports, approximately fifteen suspects armed with rifles ambushed the security vehicle. Gunfire erupted before the attackers detonated explosives to breach the vehicle’s rear compartment. Two security officers were disarmed of their service weapons – two rifles and a handgun – while an undisclo