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[email protected] MAGALIESBERG Cops foil armed robbers Rustenburg – Sunday morning, 12 March 2017 about When the police arrived on scene, two suspects man- rescue successful 09h30, a clothing shop in CBD Rustenburg, in Fatima DJHGWRÀHHWKHVFHQHEXWWKHSROLFHPDQDJHGWRDU- Bhayat street, was the target of three armed men. rest one suspect. A female employee of the shop was tending to her The staff members and customers were found un- work, when a man entered the shop and instructed her harmed. to be quiet. He was followed by two armed men. 7KH SROLFH FRQ¿VFDWHG D PP SLVWRO DQG ¿YH OLYH The gunmen ordered the employees and clients into rounds at the scene. The get-away vehicle was also the stock room, while the manager was ordered to col- impounded. lect all cell phones and place them in a box. “The Fidelity personnel and the police members are While he was collecting the phones, a man from Fi- commended for outstanding work under life-threaten- delity visited the shop. One of the ladies in the shop ing circumstances,” Captain Elsabé Augoustides, po- signalled the Fidelity guard, that he indeed entered a lice spokesperson, said. hostage situation. The suspect, Lesego Mokwape, appeared before the He left the shop and immediately contacted the police Rustenburg Magistrates’ Court and remains in custody. An elderly lady slipped and fell along a hiking trail in a very for backup. Investigations continue. inaccessible area in the Magaliesberg. Magaliesberg – Netcare 911 paramedics were sum- moned to assist Mountain Rescue, the South African MORE DONKEY SKINS DISCOVERED AT A Air force from 17 Squadron and a team from Off Road Rescue Unit, to locate and treat a 77-year old woman.