Robber beaten with brolly, shot
2005-07-04 21:44
Dries Liebenberg
Durban - A man first used an umbrella to chase off two robbers who attacked him and his wife next to the road before he shot and killed one of the robbers with his pistol in a scuffle.
The couple, whose names the police are withholding for safety reasons, were attacked about 19:00 on Friday at the Nseleni turn-off along the N2 highway outside Richards Bay.
Superitendent Jay Naicker said two men armed with knives
threatened the couple while they were waiting next to the road to catch a taxi to Nseleni.
The couple had had a lift on a truck up to that point.
The man first tried to keep the two robbers at bay with an umbrella.
A scuffle ensued when one of the robbers grabbed the man.
While the two were wrestling in the grass, the man took out his firearm and shot the robber in the leg and the chest.
The other robber grabbed the woman's handbag and fled.
Police found the man's body next to the road after the couple
reported the incident to the Nseleni police station, said Naicker.
- Beeld