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A 36-year-old woman sustained a gunshot wound to her lower body while attempting to escape from three men who took her captive in Benoni, on Johannesburg’s East Rand, yesterday morning.
According to information received from the local SAPS, the woman and her husband were driving along Modder Bee Road at around 08:30 when they were instructed to pull over by someone who appeared to be a metro police officer.The men approached the couple’s car, pulled the woman out of the vehicle, and demanded money.
The woman told them she didn’t have any money, which they disputed and claimed to know she was wealthy.As they made a U-turn to flee, personnel from a security company approached, and shots were fired at the security vehicle. The security personnel returned fire and gave chase, following the men’s vehicle along Main Reef Road until the Plastic City informal settlement.The three then abandoned their vehicle and ran from the scene.
Two men were arrested and detained at Brakpan SAPS. A third suspect was shot in the shoulder and is in hospital under police guard.
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