Armed men storm Virginia home
According to security personnel, the criminals posed as water meter readers to gain entry to the home.
FOUR men, two of whom were armed with pistols, stormed a home on Potomac Avenue on Tuesday afternoon. The incident occurred just before 2pm confirmed Marshall Security’s Kyle van Reenen. The men accosted the domestic worker and locked her in a bedroom before ransacking the house.
“The suspects entered the home in an unknown vehicle, posing as water meter readers. They forced entry onto to the property where they held up the domestic worker at gunpoint before confining her to a bedroom and ransacking the house.
“The men stole TVs and various high-end electronic equipment before fleeing the scene in an unknown direction. The domestic worker was left severely traumatised in the ordeal and the assistance of the Durban North Umhlanga Crisis Team was sought to counsel her,” he said.
