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Video Clip Of How South African Robbers Blow Up 2 Armored Cash Carrying Vans In Broad Day Light

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6 years ago

May 18, 2018

Robbers armed with assault rifles and explosives blew up two armoured cash-carrying vans in Johannesburg on Thursday morning in a brazen daylight incident that underscored South Africa’s reputation for violent crime. Video:

South African robbers in dramatic broad daylight cash van heist In dramatic cellphone footage of the incident recorded by a motorist, the assailants seal off a block in the suburb of Boksburg, east of Johannesburg’s commercial center, before calmly detonating explosives under the cash vans. Three large explosions are heard, with plumes of gray smoke shooting up into the air. There are also rapid exchanges of gunfire before and after the blasts, although it is not clear where the shots were coming from. The assailants, who numbered around a dozen, then load sacks into at least two get-away cars before speeding away. Motorists caught up in the shoot-out are seen pulling U-turns across the road to escape the scene. Police said two security guards in the cash vans were injured in the incident and were treated in hospital.

They also said some of the robbers were arrested after being tracked by helicopter to a run-down industrial park. Security experts quoted in South African media said the way the assailants behaved and handled the weapons suggested they had military backgrounds. In an update to the banditry, police have arrested some of the suspects, one of them a policeman. TimesLive reported the suspects were caught at the George Goch hostel in Johannesburg after police chased them with a helicopter. Police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo told TimesLIVE at the scene on Atlas Road that the police’s speedy response to the heist resulted in the quick arrest.