Spokesman for the police Captain Johannes Ramphora says one of the students was praying at 2am when four suspects forced open the security and glass door of the church.
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The suspects tied the student’s hands and feet and told him “if you scream we will kill you”.
Ramphora says the suspects used a grinder to open the safe door and took a bag of passports from the safe.
The suspects also fled the scene with the student’s cellphone.
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“We are not sure yet what else was taken as the suspects also broke into the church office,” says Ramphora.
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