Shopkeeper kills armed robber
19/07/2007 14:07  - (SA)  

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Durban - A shopkeeper on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast shot dead a man who attempted to hold up his shop, police said on Thursday.

Superintendent Zandra Hechter said two men entered the African Supply Store in Marburg on Wednesday just before it closed for the day.

As one of the men pretended to pay for a packet of chips, the shopkeeper's wife noticed that the man standing at the doorway had a gun.

As the shopkeeper, who had been on the veranda, went behind the counter, his wife ducked behind the counter and pressed a panic button.

Several shots were exchanged between the shopowner and the gunman. The shopowner was shot in his arm and the gunman suffered a fatal gunshot wound to his lower abdomen.

The second robber fled. It is not known if he was caught in the cross-fire.

Hechter said the two robbers had been linked to robberies in the Marburg area near Port Shepstone.

Detectives are investigating.

 

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