CCTV captures South Africa
police Service being robbed in broad daylight
Wednesday November 5
2014
A man posing as a patient on
March 9, 2015 destroyed equipment at the casualty wing of Kilifi County
Hospital when he locked himself in one of the rooms. County Police Commander
Joseph Nthenge confirmed the 1.15am incident. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Summary
Police
spokesman brigadier Neville Malila said members of the public helped the
officers out of the car.
Three
of the suspects were arrested and three firearms confiscated, including the two
the gang had just stolen from the police.
South African police on
Wednesday admitted two officers were robbed of their guns and locked in their
own van in the middle of the day — and it was all caught on camera.
The incident happened
mid-afternoon on Tuesday while the officers stopped for lunch at a busy roadside
food stall in a northern Johannesburg township, said a police spokesman.
The robbery was caught on the
closed circuit television camera of a nearby business.
The footage shows four men
casually walking past the police van and then disappearing from view beneath a
tarpaulin where the officers were lunching.
CHASE
They remerge seconds later
with the officers in tow, forcing them into the back of the vehicle.
They lock the van and then
hurry off. The entire robbery takes less than a minute.
Police spokesman brigadier
Neville Malila said members of the public helped the officers out of the car.
The police then called for
backup and a chase ensued.
"The suspects lost
control of their vehicle and fired several shots at the police who returned
fire. No injuries were reported," said Malila.
Three of the suspects were
arrested and three firearms confiscated, including the two the gang had just
stolen from the police.
