Explosive trend in Cape Town cash-in-transit heists
By Nathan Adams
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A SBV guard was killed and two injured when criminals threw a petrol bomb in a cash van in Gugulethu. Picture: Supplied
CONCERNS have been raised about a growing trend of criminals using explosives and even “bombs” to ambush cash-in-transit vans.
In February, an SBV Security team member was ambushed by a group of criminals and they strapped explosives to his body before dropping him off on the side of the N2 highway near Somerset West. The employee was not harmed and the robbers made off with an undisclosed amount of money.
Bystanders pounce on cash van robbed in Gugulethu while ignoring dying guard
By Sisonke Mlamla
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Cape Town - There was shock and horror when a video circulated, showing how bystanders in Gugulethu would not assist security guards of a cash van, who were shot and robbed, and instead further robbed the van and took the guns of the injured guards, one of whom who died on the scene.
Gugulethu ward councillor Sharon Manata said what happened was very bad, especially when the community ignored a âdying manâ for the sake of money.
Manata said soon after she heard about the incident, she visited the area, and saw children watching the painful and unbearable scene.