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Sleeping couple held up
20/04/2006 14:32 - (SA)
Mpumalanga - A 51-year-old man and his wife were held at gunpoint, tied up and locked into their bedroom by four robbers on Thursday morning, Mpumalanga police said.
Captain Amos Mashele said the incident occurred at 04:00 in Ohrigstad near Graskop.
He said the man and his wife were asleep when four men broke into their house.
The man was held at gunpoint and his wife was forced to open the safe. The robbers then tied up the couple and locked them in their bedroom.
Mashele said the robbers stole three firearms, one of which was a .303 rifle, and fled in the couple's vehicle.
The couple was not injured during the incident.
No arrests have been made yet and police were investigating, said Mashele.
- SAPA
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