Hijackers kill driver, rape companion, attempt shop robbery, Taung

South African Police Service

Hijackers kill driver, rape companion, attempt shop robbery, Taung
Hijackers kill driver, rape companion, attempt shop robbery, Taung

The John Taolo Gaetsewe Cluster Trio Task Team pounced on two male suspects with a vehicle reported to have been hijacked on 12 Saturday 2019 in Taung. The Trio Task Team received information regarding a possible attempted robbery in Maruping village. As they responded promptly to the call, they were led to the tuck shop shop that the suspects had attempted to rob at gunpoint.

The suspects fled the scene after realising that their endeavours to robbery will not succeed. They were seen getting into a getaway vehicle and drove into the bushes. Police found them busy washing the vehicle near a windmill water pump and they immediately ran into the veld on foot.

They were shortly arrested after the police chased after them on foot.

Two unlicensed firearms, a .22 magnum, 7.65 mm pistol including 39 ammunition were found inside the vehicle. Upon investigation it was found that the very same vehicle was reported hijacked where the driver was shot and his partner was raped by the alleged hijackers.

The Provincial Commissioner of the Northern Cape, Lieutenant General Risimati Shivuri commended his members for job well done, by arresting the suspects in these two cases.

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SOURCESouth African Police Service