A screenshot from the video posted by Kirsty Coventry on Twitter.
Social media users took to Twitter on Thursday to report that a shooting incident had taken place during the robbery of a jewellery store at Hyde Park Corner in Sandton, Johannesburg.
One of these Twitter users was Zimbabwean swimmer and two-time Olympic champion Kirsty Coventry, who tweeted a video and said, “Shots erupt in jewellery store robbery behind us whilst having coffee in hype park mall (Johannesburg). No one injured. Thank god.”
Other Twitter reports started to surface after 10am. Most users reported that there was a shootout, although details about it were not clear.
A photo tweeted by Brian Tristam Williams (@briantw) showed police in the centre and an area cordoned off.
Police have confirmed the shooting incident at a jewellery store.
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