A gang of robbers pounced on a Samsung store at Cradlestone Mall last week.
According to Hendrik Denner, Security Manager the incident took place at approximately 6pm on Friday 5 September.
“Six men ambushed shoppers and staff in the store, demanding electronic goods,” he says.
Denner adds that no weapons were visible and no one was hurt in the incident.
“Centre security alerted the police immediately and CCTV footage was made available to investigating officers for identification purposes,” he says.
The robbery is the third within four months. In June, a gang robbed a jewellery store at the mall and in August a men’s clothing store, Fabiani was robbed by a group who allegedly fled with an undisclosed amount of merchandise.
The local mall however does not seem to be the robbers’ exclusive target . In the past months, various Gauteng malls were attacked by armed gangs who robbed shoppers of cash, cellphones and jewellery. For the same reason Centurion Mall, Maponya Mall, Cresta shopping centre, Northgate mall, Rosebank mall and The Glen shopping centre all made headlines recently.
A total of 438 incidents of robbery in shopping centres were reported in 2012/ 2013, compared to 274 in the previous corresponding period.
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