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Apprehended: Two suspects lie cuffed on a pavement in Atholl after a CSS Tactical security guard arrested them last night. They were fleeing the scene of a robbery, in which a construction worker was shot three times. Picture: Antoine de Ras

Yusuf Omar

Two armed robbers were arrested at 11pm last night in the upmarket suburb of Atholl after they shot a construction worker three times to steal his cellphone.

CSS Tactical officer Oscar Tshabalala got the radio call to watch out for two suspects running up Central Avenue while he was having dinner.

“Not even a second later I turned around and saw the two men running up the road towards me,” he said.

One wore leather sandals and the other a pink-spotted hat. When Tshabalala approached the men and asked why they were running, one drew a 9mm pistol from his trousers, but it slipped from his grip and fell to the pavement. Tshabalala drew his gun and apprehended the suspects until police arrived.

“I’m seriously lucky he didn’t shoot me,” he said.

The serial number of the gun was filed off, indicating that it was a stolen weapon.

The construction worker was rushed to hospital.

His condition was unknown this morning.

Police believe the two suspects are part of a gang of four, with the other two still at large.