Cop shot in station robbery
2003-02-04 12:31
Pretoria - A policeman was shot and wounded on Tuesday when he and a colleague confronted men who had just robbed a security guard at Irene station, near Pretoria.
Inspector Anton Breedt said seven men overpowered a Coin Security guard at Irene station shortly after 06:00, and robbed him of money he had been collecting.
As the men were fleeing, they bumped into two policemen who had been tipped off about the robbery.
Shots were fired and one of the policemen was hit in the stomach. He was admitted to the Unitas hospital in a serious, but stable, condition, said Breedt.
Police searching the area later arrested a 38-year-old man in the veld near the station.
- SAPA