A house robber inadvertently activated a panic alarm as his acquaintances ransacked a house, sending the trio fleeing in a panic into the waiting arms of the law in Gqeberha.
Fleeing business robbery suspect killed in getaway car crash 30 April 2021 - 19:51 A suspect driving one of the getaway cars was killed in a crash after a robbery in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape. Image: 123RF/Bunyarit Suwansantawee
Shortly after a cashier was shot in the leg during a business robbery in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape on Friday, one of the fleeing suspects was killed in a car crash.
Five suspects entered a retail shop at the corners of Kempston and Stanford roads just before 11am and held the staff at gunpoint
“They demanded money and made off with an unknown amount of cash, a cellphone, and stock to the estimated value of R5,000,” said police spokesperson Capt Andre Beetge.