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Chaos erupted on the R616 from Bergville to Ladysmith on Monday evening, 5 July 2021, following a cash-in-transit vehicle bombed during a heist.
After receiving information about the bombing, Bergville and Ladysmith SAPS raced through to the scene of the ambush between the Harmony Farm entrance and the Geluksburg turn-off.
Fortunately, no injuries were reported, but traffic authorities have closed the road, seeing motorists having to seek alternative routes to their destinations. According to a source, detectives from Pietermaritzburg also attended the scene to conduct their investigations following the incident.
No further information around the heist was available at the time of publication.
However, this was not the only cash-in-transit vehicle attacked in the same fashion on Monday, 5 July 2021, raising the question, are these two cases related?
According to ER24, four security guards were fortunate to have only sustained minor injuries after their cash-in-transit vehicle was bombed along the N1 south near the N17, west of Johannesburg, earlier on Monday evening. An off-duty medic from ER24 came across the incident shortly after it occurred. A statement issued by the company reads, “He was making his way home from shift when he noticed a vehicle on fire on the highway. Upon assessment, he found that four vehicles were well alight. Emergency services were alerted to the incident.”
Four security guards were found on the scene with minor injuries. They were treated and later transported to a nearby hospital for further medical care. At this stage, it is not clear how the other vehicles caught alight. It is understood that they may have been part of the initial incident. SAPS, Johannesburg Metro Police, Fire OPS SA, and Gauteng Traffic also attended the scene.
The soaring crime rate in South Africa is clearly out of hand, and with the above in mind, what are your thoughts on the two incidents?
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