Incidents of armed robbery are increasing by the day as more than five incidents were reported to Witbank Police Station. The seriousness of robbers getting more violent is becoming a daily fact as robbers’ newest trend is to pull out a knife.
An incident that occurred on March 10 left a couple fearing for their lives when they were attacked and robbed in front of the SASSA offices.
“When we were finished we walked to our vehicle that was parked in front of the Woman’s Clinic. We were already in the vehicle when two suspects surrounded us. They forced the door open on my husband’s side and causally pulled knives and started swinging it at him. I was already in the car but tried to help him. Meanwhile, my husband hit the one that wore a blue overall on the nose with his fist. He came back when I yelled at the security. But he just stood there not to help us but he was just looking. My husband then started screaming to get in the car and that is when the one with the blue overall started banging on my door but luckily it was locked. My husband kicked the second suspect, where he stabbed him with the knife in the leg,” Ms Petro Nagel said.
The hero’s that arrested two suspects for armed robbery, Cst Mandla Knuna and W/O Modiane Lentswane
There was no time left for fighting off the criminals when Nagel rushed her husband, Mr Hannes Nagel to the nearest doctor to stabilize the bleeding wound.
“Doctor Jooste immediately burned the ears and put in stitches and stabilized my poor husband,” she added.
The thought that the suspects would be long gone keep a low profile after the incident, were in anyone’s thoughts as the next incident occurred just moments after.
The story behind the blood soaked clothing of Mr Hannes Nagel. On March 9 he was attacked by an armed robber at the SASSA offices.
Two police officials were traveling from Paxton Correctional Services to take inmates to court. This is when both Cst Mandla Knuna and W/O Modiane Lentswane spotted two suspicious men standing next to a bakery van, acting all casual. When they stopped and saw that the delivery man was being robbed and forced with a knife.
The police did not even think twice and started chasing after the two suspects for about four blocks.
“When we caught them in a corner the robbers even stood ready to attack us with their weapons, but not succeed and were arrested,” Cst Nkuna added.
The stab wound that Mr Hannes Nagel was left with after being stabbed by an armed robber. The attack took place on March 9.
“I don’t have any complaints about our community crime services as we got the best from doctors, policemen and so forth. We were called by the constable and the process of identifying them started,” Nagel said with a feared voice.
It was confirmed that the two arrested suspects were connected to another three robberies that occurred the same day in the CBD.
“We can be grateful. God gave my husband another chance and that two harmful people is off the streets,” Nagel concluded
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