Granny killed in hijacking

A 56-year-old grandmother has been shot dead during an attempted hijacking. Her three-year-old granddaughter and a 23-year-old man were with her in the car. According to police the woman was reversing out of her garage in Craighall Park, Johannesburg, when four armed men approached her. While they were ordering her out of the car, the man with her ran into the house and pressed a panic button. Meanwhile, shots were fired and the woman was shot twice in the chest. She died shortly afterwards. As a security company arrived on the scene the suspects fled in the victim’s vehicle, ramming into another vehicle in Sandton. They got out and fled on foot. The woman's name is being withheld on request of her family.