Police on scene
Three suspects allegedly entered the clothing store as customers, held up the staff at gunpoint and then broke the cash register and cellphone display cupboard, Maritzburg Sun reports.
The FIX clothing store is situated at the corner of Church and Printing Office street in Pietermaritzburg, in KwaZulu-Natal.
A staff member is said to have pressed the panic button alerting law enforcement.
Police arrived on the scene and promptly barricaded all exit points of the store. Gunshots were fired by the robbers. Police retaliated with several shots, shooting two of the robbers in the leg, while one managed to escape.
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Police spokesperson Mthokozisi Ngobese confirmed the two robbers had been taken into custody with investigations of armed robbery and attempted murder.
“It was a successful arrest as nothing was taken from the shop, police managed to stop the robbers. A case docket of armed robbery and attempted murder is being investigated as shots were fired at police,” said Ngobese.
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– Caxton News Service
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