Jewellery, cellphones and cash stolen by 'hammer gang' at shopping centre

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'This morning around 11.10am, armed suspects held the staff of a clothing store in a Kenilworth mall at gunpoint and fled with jewellery, cellphones and cash.'

Police are investigating a robbery at Foschini in the Kenilworth shopping centre involving hammer and gun-wielding suspects who stole jewellery, cellphones and cash.

Armed with hammers, five robbers smashed and raided glass cabinets and also demanded cash from tellers. "This morning around 11.10am, armed suspects held the staff of a clothing store in a Kenilworth mall at gunpoint and fled with jewellery, cellphones and cash," said police spokesperson Lt-Col Andre Traut.Michelle Britton from the centre's management said nobody was injured during the incident."Five armed suspects broke display cabinets in a clothing store and got away with an undisclosed number of cellphones. No shots were fired and no one has been injured.

 

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