NATIONAL NEWS - A G4S officer was shot twice during a cash-in-transit (CIT) heist outside Witpoortjie Pick n Pay in Roodepoort, Gauteng, this morning.
According to eyewitnesses, the G4S van drove into the parking area and officers busied themselves loading the ATM outside the Pick n Pay when they were accosted by an unknown number of armed men shortly after 08:00.
The robbers opened fire, which sent bystanders scurrying for cover.
One of the CIT officers was wounded in the hip and on the forehead, and the robbers fled the scene in a double cab bakkie and an Audi A3.
The officer miraculously survived the attack and was transported via ambulance to a helicopter waiting nearby, which took him to hospital for further treatment.
The wounded officer was transported via ambulance to a helicopter that was waiting nearby.
The officer’s condition is not known, although paramedics who spoke to Roodepoort Record confirmed that he was alive and talking while they were treating him.
Police officers at the scene informed Roodepoort Record that the robbers escaped with an undisclosed amount of money.
Roodepoort Record will publish more information as it becomes available.
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