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Mom shot coming from bedroom
08/12/2006 13:03 - (SA)
Johannesburg - A woman was shot dead and her family held at gunpoint in her home at Paulshof in northern Johannesburg on Friday, police said.
Four armed men approached the woman's husband who was closing the garage and about to leave for work with his son at about 07:30, said Superintendent Chris Wilken.
The men forced the man and son, who was in the family's car, back into the house.
The pair were made to lie on the floor and the robbers demanded cash from them. The wife was in the bedroom but heard the commotion and went to investigate, Wilken said.
"When she came out of the bedroom, one of the suspects noticed her and fired a single shot at her."
Hit in the upper body, the woman went back into the bedroom and the attackers fled in the family's BMW with the husband's briefcase and cash.
When the husband went into the bedroom, he found his wife dead.
Sandton detectives were still on the scene at midday and cases of murder and armed robbery have been opened.
"The motive seems to have been robbery," Wilken said.
The vehicle has not been recovered.
The husband and son were not injured in the attack, he said.
Netcare spokesperson Trevor Putterill said earlier that the robbers appeared to have been waiting in the driveway.
- SAPA
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