"This Country Is a Joke": SA Reacts to Clip of Cops Getting Robbed of Guns in Tembisa

"This Country Is a Joke": SA Reacts to Clip of Cops Getting Robbed of Guns in Tembisa

- A clip of some local police officials getting robbed in Tembisa of their firearms has been shared on Twitter by a local Twitter user

- While it is unclear exactly when the eyebrow-raising and quite concerning crime took place, many locals were still left extremely shook by how our police found themselves in that situation

- A lot of them headed to the comment section where they expressed their concern and disappointment in the crime situation in South Africa

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One thing you never expect to see is police officers getting robbed by brazen criminals in broad daylight while surrounded by a number of witnesses. Well, exactly this happened right here in South Africa.

Daylight robbery

In a clip shared on Twitter by @ndi_shony, police officers can be seen getting approached by armed men who then proceed to demand that the cops hand over their firearms, which they end up doing.

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"This Country Is a Joke": SA Reacts to Clip of Cops Getting Robbed of Guns in Tembisa
Locals are not happy that cops were robbed. Image: @Ndi_Shonny
Source: Twitter

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Shook locals

"This country is a movie #DiepCityMzansi," Shonny captioned the clip while other locals had this to say:

@mphomokola said:

"Why Mageza wa Avanza Asathula mesono e?"

@kaMalangane said:

"At least they were not killed"

@Millice98907395 said:

"This is a bloody joke"

More harrowing instances

Briefly News also reported that South Africans have been left wallowing in disappointment after a clip was shared of a man desperately appealing to some Roodepoort police offers to get up from behind the comfort of a heater in the police station and help a woman that was being attacked by four rapists.

In the clip that was shared by Farah C Fortune on Twitter, the man records himself walking into the station where cops are basically asleep behind a heater. The man then asks the cops why they were not answering his calls to notify them that a woman was being raped by four men on a nearby corner.

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"I've asked for your help, and you couldn't help me, I got into my car and drove here to tell you that they are raping a lady here on the corner of 7th Avenue and 7th Street and you refuse to speak to me," the concerned resident said.

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