A pensioners was shot in the foot during a home invasion in Berea on Friday afternoon.
Blue Security’s Andreas Mathios said a panic alarm activation was received from the premises at around 1.55pm.
“A gang of armed robbers forced their way into the family home by breaking down a security gate on the back door. One of the suspects, who was wearing a balaclava, accosted the domestic worker while she was having her lunch in the garage as the other four suspects were forcing their way into the house,” Mathios said.
The suspect forced the domestic worker to lie on the ground. She reported hearing the screams of the 73-year-old homeowner as the other four gang members accosted him in the passage of his home.
“A scuffle broke out during the confrontation with the homeowner who was attempting to protect his wife. During the scuffle, a suspect fired a shot which hit the elderly man in his foot. He also sustained laceration injuries when he put up his arms to defend himself against his assailants,” Mathios said.
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The suspects took the domestic worker and the gardener into the house and forced everyone to lie on the floor.
While one of the suspects held the victims captive at gunpoint, the other suspects took the homeowner’s car keys and unsuccessfully attempted to start the car.
“Apart from jewellery, which the suspects had ripped from the homeowner’s neck, and cellphones stolen from the gardener and domestic worker, the gang fled the scene without taking any other valuables. Paramedics arrived and transported the injured man to hospital for treatment,” Mathios said.
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