Police are looking for more than 20 armed men who robbed a petrol station and tourist centre in Graskop, Mpumalanga. | ntwaagae
PHOTO: Elijar Mushiana, Gallo Images, SowetanThe men used explosives to blow up cash machines.Police are looking for more than 20 armed men who robbed a petrol station and tourist centre in Graskop, Mpumalanga.Police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said:"A group of more than 20 armed suspects who covered their faces with balaclavas stormed into a filling station in Graskop, an area regarded as a tourist destination in the province.
When fuel attendants offered assistance, the suspects held them at gunpoint and bound them with cable ties. They ordered the cashier to reveal where the safe was.Later, the suspects detonated explosives to open the safe. They then fled with an undisclosed amount of cash."They went to a nearby tourist centre situated a few metres away from the filling station. The suspects held a security guard and tied him with cable ties at gunpoint.
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