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Cash-in-transit heist at Preller, undisclosed amount of money taken─── 15:28 Wed, 31 Aug 2016
DEVELOPING STORY Bloemfontein - A cash-in-transit heist played out at Bloemfontein's Preller Square at around 14:30 this afternoon.
The shopping centre's manager, Sancha Joubert, says as far as she knows at least two men were involved. She says it happened at the back entrance of a bank, where cash-in-transit personnel were exiting the bank.
Eyewitnesses told Joubert that they heard screams and a gunshot. She says one of the cash-in-transit guards was hit in the arm.
According to Joubert two men arrived at 14:15 and tried to buy caps at Kids@Preller. The manager says there was at least one firearm, apparently an AK47, in the back of one of the men's belts. A cash-in-transit van stopped and guards entered the bank. As they came out of the door, the suspects attacked.
The alleged perpetrators then fled the scene in a blue Foton bakkie with GP number plates.
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