The victim of an armed robbery managed to draw his firearm to shoot and kill one of his six attackers near Kliprivier on Friday, Heidelberg police said.
Constable Tikoane Sonopo said a 31-year-old man was walking along Eikenhof road when a white minibus taxi with six occupants stopped next to him. The men jumped out, grabbed the victim and pulled him into the bushes.
One of the robbers sat on top of him holding a "rambo knife" to his throat, while others took his ID document, cellphone, cash and some of his clothes.
Realising the robbers might see in his ID document that he was a gun owner, the victim managed to draw his firearm. He shot the robber sitting on him. The other five then ran to the minibus and drove off.
The police were called and on their way to the scene they spotted the minibus and chased it. They arrested all five suspects. Police went to the scene where they found the body of the shot robber.
Inside the taxi police recovered the victim's goods and documents.
When police arrived back at the police station, another victim was opening a case of robbery. He said men in a taxi had robbed him of groceries, his cellphone and R50 in cash.
Police showed him the seized taxi and he identified the vehicle as the one used by the robbers. His belongings were also found in the taxi, Sonopo said. - Sapa