Cape Peninsula target for armed robbers

The Cape Peninsula has been hit by a series of robberies involving armed robbers during the past few days. Robberies took place in Parow, Mowbray and Charlesville. In all three cases, security officials were threatened with firearms as they were collecting money from two stores and the University of Cape Town. A security guard and a woman passerby were shot and wounded during the Charlesville robbery. Nobody was injured in the two other incidents. In all three cases the robbers made off with an undisclosed amount of money.