A group of around 30 suspects carried out a daring ATM bombing at a shopping mall in Hammanskraal, Pretoria, targeting five FNB ATMs and a drop safe inside one of the shops.
According to SAPS spokesperson Mavela Masondo, police responded swiftly to the scene, leading to a shootout between officers and the suspects. During the exchange of fire, a private security officer was shot and wounded.
Authorities have launched an investigation, but no arrests have been made yet. “It cannot be confirmed at this stage how much money was taken from the ATMs and the shop,” Masondo stated.
Police have opened cases of attempted murder and ATM bombing as they continue their search for the suspects.
