South Africa 29.1.2015 01:26 pm

Shoot out in Bedford Centre (video)

Citizen Reporter
Shoot out in Bedford Centre (video)

The Bedford centre is currently under heavy police guard. Picture: Bedfordview and Edenvale News.

Three men and a woman were shot and wounded in Bedfordview, east of Johannesburg, this afternoon.

“It is alleged that this morning at about 11am, the security guards came to collect money at a bank in the Bedford Centre when they were confronted by an unknown number of suspects,” said Gauteng provincial police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Katlego Mogale.

 

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“A shootout ensued wherein two security guards, three customers and two suspects were injured. Police recovered an AK 47 on the scene.”

Netcare 911 spokesperson Santi Steinmann  said the patients were all treated at the scene and  transported to various hospitals after they had sustained gunshot wounds.

Johannesburg emergency services spokesperson Nana Radebe referred queries to Ekurhuleni emergency services and metro police.

Bedford Centre management told The Citizen that the incident involved a shoot-out between security company SBV and robbers.

“An official statement will be released as soon as we have info from police,” the centre said.

Investigations are ongoing.

More to follow.

Some tweets in reaction to the incident:

https://twitter.com/YaredtheGuy/status/560747105711828992

https://twitter.com/PaulaGruben/status/560762845655498752

– Caxton News Service

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