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Robbers go shopping on R555 with trigger-happy fingers

Upon inspecting his vehicle, the driver noticed that the vehicle had bullet holes located in the front bumper and the engine.

The R555 is one of many roads used on a daily basis.

Dependable is not the word to describe this road after an attempted robbery and murder took place recently.

It is alleged by the victim that he was on his way back to Lenasia while travelling on the R555 when he got an unexpected shock.

A white VW Polo drove next to the victim when the assailant opened fire on the vehicle.

Having his passenger window open, the man noticed that they were shooting at his vehicle.

The victim claimed that he was carrying stock in the vehicle which might have been the reason for the robbers targeting him.

The robbers shot at the victim’s vehicle whilst driving.

The victim stopped at a local farm and saw that the robbers carried on driving.

Upon inspecting his vehicle, the driver noticed that the vehicle had bullet holes located in the front bumper and the engine.

A case of attempted murder was opened at the Witbank Police Station.

The three suspects are still unknown and at large.

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Zita Goldswain

News Editor at the Witbank News Caxton stable. Witbank News has been my ‘home’ for the past 24 years. Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling the space true words said by Rebecca West. I meet challenges, get the better of them and fill space with true words.
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