ARMED robbers assaulted a security guard and smashed their way into yet another Durban shopping centre on Wednesday night at around 9.40pm.
According to Blue Security media and community liaison officer, Andreas Mathios, an armed response officer had responded to Berea Centre where a gang of four robbers, armed with a crowbar, assaulted a security guard outside the mall before forcing him to walk with them to the mall entrance.
“The gang hit the security guard over the head with a crowbar and robbed him of his radio before walking to entrance 3 of the mall where they broke down the door to gain entry. They smashed the glass door of a cellphone shop to gain entry and then smashed open display cabinets,” he said.
Mathios said the gang got away with all of the store’s cellphone stock and fled in a blue Corolla Professional which was parked in King Dinuzulu (Berea) Road.
“No paramedics were required as the security guard was reportedly not seriously injured during the assault,” he said.
Umbilo SAPS are investigating.
Here is an outline of the mall targeted in the greater Durban area so far:
15 January – Musgrave jewellery store robbed
28 March – Armed gang hit Musgrave store
12 April – Gang hits Musgrave Centre
5 May – Shopping centres warned of ‘hammer gangs’
8 May – Hammer gang strikes Durban CBD mall
20 May –Musgrave Centre suffers another armed gang robbery
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