Praying father shot while protecting daughter in Maraisburg home robbery

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'The man, believed to be in his early 40s, is in a serious condition after being shot twice by a suspected intruder.'

A father who was praying when an intruder pointed a firearm at his daughter was shot twice at their home in Maraisburg, west of Johannesburg, on Saturday, paramedics said.

"The man, believed to be in his early 40s, is in a serious condition after being shot twice by a suspected intruder at his house in 1st Avenue, Maraisburg," said ER24 spokesperson Ross Campbell. Campbell said when ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene, they found the man had been shot in the arm and leg.

 

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