A group of armed men attempted to rob a Pick n Pay store at
the Maponya Mall in Soweto on Wednesday morning.
Gauteng police said that the seven robbers entered the back
of the store as store workers were clocking in for work. The mall security were
alerted to the presence of the robbers and a shootout ensued between the two
groups.
The robbers fled the store. No injuries were reported.
According to Times Live, it is the second time that the mall
has been targeted by robbers this year. In September, a cash box was stolen
from two security guards at a Pick n Pay paypoint in the mall.
South Africa has seen a spate of mall robberies in the last
few months with a number of malls in Cape Town being hit on multiple
occassions.(news.iafrica.com)
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