5 held after fatal mall robbery
2004-09-13 20:50
Cape Town - Five armed men were arrested on Monday after a security guard was killed and another wounded in a robbery at a shopping mall in Cape Town, police said.
Captain Priscilla Ndongeni said five men attacked Fidelity security guards as they were delivering money at Goal shopping mall in Phillipi about 10.30am.
The attackers opened fire and fled with a box of money.
Ndongeni said the men fled in a blue Toyota Hilux bakkie, but were cornered and arrested, with police confiscating two handguns, a semi-automatic rifle. The money box was also recovered.
The men face charges murder, attempted murder and armed robbery said Ndongeni.
- SAPA