An innocent man has found himself in a mess and serious pain after he
tried to help a lady only for him to be robbed and attacked by armed
robbers who are members of her gang. The lady is on the run.
The incident occured at the Canelands intersection in Verulam, South Africa.
Members
of Reaction Unit were called out to Old Main Road near the Canelands
Library after members of the public found a semi conscious man lying on
the roadside bleeding from an injury to his head.
Upon arrival
the victim explained while stationary at the intersection he offered a
lift to a female who was standing on the roadside. Shortly after she got
into his Toyota Corolla the drivers side window was smashed in and the
driver was assaulted by two suspects. One suspect was allegedly armed
with a firearm.
The male victim was then forced into the boot of his
vehicle and driven to an isolated spot in a sugar cane plantation in the
vicinity of the Canelands Library. The suspects then forced him out of
the boot and robbed him of his valuables before fleeing. The injured man
walked to an informal settlement where he was assisted by residents.
Reaction Officers conducted an extensive search of the cane fields
and recovered the Toyota Corolla abandoned. A woman’s sandal was found
in the vehicle while a second matching blood stained sandal was found a
few metres away from the vehicle. A blood soaked bandage was found on
the passenger seat.
The driver was transported to hospital for
medical attention. The woman’s identity is unknown at this stage and it
cannot be confirmed if she was an accessory to the hijacking.
Police are investigating further.
