Man strangled during taxi robbery
The victim sustained serious injuries and sought help from security guards at Trade Centre who called an ambulance and the police.
A man was left in need of medical care after he was assaulted and strangled during a robbery in a taxi last Sunday evening.
He told the police he got into a white Toyota Quantum on Industry Street at approximately 18:00 and sat next to a female passenger.
There were five other male passengers in the taxi.
As the taxi approached Trade Centre, a passenger sitting behind the victim strangled him with a rope.
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The other three male passengers pulled out guns and ordered the victim to lie on the floor of the taxi.
One of the passengers then started assaulting the man with a hammer on his knees and kicked him all over.
They briefly stopped to search him and took his cellphone, bag, bank cards and money before forcing him out of the taxi.
The victim sustained serious injuries and sought help from security guards at Trade Centre who called an ambulance and the police.
He was taken to the Far East Rand Hospital for treatment.
Springs police spokesperson Capt Johannes Ramphora warned commuters not to take taxis anywhere but at the taxi rank to avoid being robbed by senseless criminals.
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