Victims shoot dead 2 robbers
2008-05-03 10:01
Johannesburg - Two robbers were shot dead by their intended victims in a house in Lenasia South on Friday morning, said Johannesburg police.
Inspector Mpho Kgasoane said the men struck at about 03:00, confronted a couple, their in-laws and five children.
"The men demanded jewellery, money and cellphones," she said.
"The owner of the house and his father-in-law were tied up, while the wife and mother-in-law were taken to the kitchen in an attempt to rape them."
Kgasoane said the home owner untied himself and his father-in-law and they fetched their firearms.
"They shot randomly at the robbers and both died on the scene.
"The father-in-law was accidentally injured by one of the shots and was taken to hospital in a stable condition," she said.
Police were investigating cases of house robbery and murder.
- SAPA