A group of men who identified themselves as police officers tried to hijack a vehicle on Thursday in Moreleta Park, east of Pretoria while they were filmed on camera.
A passenger in a car nearby who witnessed the hijacking caught the incident on a cell phone. It was possibly taken by a child while the woman called the police.
On the video one can see how a Chinese woman was manhandled behind a black vehicle which the “police officers” tried to hijack.
Warrant officer Dave Miller spokesperson for the Garsfontein police station told Maroela Media the incident occurred around 07:30 on the corner of Rubenstein and Helios Street. “There was an attempted hijacking and armed robbery involving four or five men who dressed in police uniforms, he said. “The suspects in a white BMW stopped next to the couple’s black BMW X5 and tried to hijack the vehicle. They fled the scene without stealing the car.”
He said two or three shots were fired while the suspects fled, during which a bystander’s cell phone was stolen. “No one was injured during the incident, and there was no damage to property,” Miller added.
The vehicle was found abandoned around 08:30 in Tembisa between Pretoria and Johannesburg. The police confiscated two R5 assault rifles, two smaller arms, ammunition, a blue light, bulletproof vests and bibs that supposedly were used during the incident. It is already established that the vehicle in which the suspects were driving was reported to the police as hijacked.
The police are investigating an attempted hijacking and armed robbery. No one has been arrested in connection with the incident.
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