Armed Robbers Target Bus Heading to Zim Killing 2 Passengers: “This Can’t Continue”, Frustrated Citizens Say
- Two women have lost their lives, and another was critically injured in an armed robbery on a bus heading to Zimbabwe
- A gang of armed robbers pretending to be passengers attacked the bus occupants robbing them of their belongings
- South Africans are fed up with the crime rate in the country and are calling for the police to intervene
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LIMPOPO - Armed robbers shot and killed two women and critically injured a third when they targeted a bus headed for Zimbabwe on Thursday, 22 December.
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The fatal incident occurred on the N1 north between Mantsole traffic centre and Kranskop toll plaza in Limpopo. According to police spokesperson Motlafela Majapelo the gang of criminals boarded that bus in Pretoria while pretending to be passengers, SABC News reported.
The gang of formed robbers shot through the front windscreen when the bus passed Mantsole weighbridge and demanded that the driver stop the vehicle. The robbers then attacked and robbed the passengers of their cash, cell phones, passports, and other belongings.
Majapelo said the perpetrators were allegedly picked up by another vehicle that was allegedly following the bus, TimesLIVE reported.
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South Africans are frustrated with the level of crime in the country. This is what citizens had to say about the fatal bus robbery:
Kika Masentle Silva said:
"No man this is nonsense this can’t continue. This is so sad, imagine these people were probably going to spend Christmas with their families after a long hard year, condolences to families and friends."
Lizzie Kahts commented:
"Shame... It's terrible. Condolences to the families."
Mkhacani Wa Ka Tshungu added:
"Crime is bad enough, add the accompanying violence, it's a scary time for us."
Londa Mashiyane complained:
"South Africa is a country without government may their innocent souls rest in eternal peace."
Thapelo Juluka Machaka asked:
"What! That area has a lot of police officers, so did they manage to arrest those thugs?"
Patronella Madzima stated:
"Now afraid to go home by road. Why the killing?"
Drunken man caught on camera allegedly assaulting police officers set to appear in court
Meanwhile, Briefly News earlier reported that a man had landed himself in hot water after he was captured on camera allegedly assaulting a police officer in Springs on the East Rand on Tuesday, 20 December.
In a video that has since gone viral on social media, the man can be seen slapping the police officer continuously. The police officer pulled out his firearm, but the man seemed unfazed as his friends egged him on.
The man was part of a group that was drinking when police warned them about public drinking, which is when the situation turned violent.
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