01 February 2017
Suspected robber shot dead in botched Embalenhle ATM bombing
A man believed to have been part of a gang plotting to bomb an ATM at a social grant pay point was shot dead in Embalenhle on Wednesday morning‚ said Mpumalanga police.
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The heavily armed group had stormed into an area where around 100 senior citizens had gathered to receive their grants‚ said Brigadier Leonard Hlathi.
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“One security guard and a robber got involved in a struggle. During the process‚ the [security guards] and the robbers exchanged gunfire during which one robber was shot dead‚” Hlathi said.
The rest of the armed gang fled in three vehicles.
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No other injuries or fatalities were reported.
Hlathi said a detonator was found fitted in one of the teller machines.
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It was safely removed.
No arrests have been made as yet.