Teacher killed in robbery
By Tando Mfengwana
18 December 2006
A Limpopo teacher was shot dead when he tried to rob a filing station in Thulamahashe, outside Bushbuckridge.
A robber entered a filing station and held staff at gunpoint; he stole and undisclosed amount of money and ran away.
According to an Independent Online report a security guard chased the robber and shot at him, an exchange of fire followed and the robber was hit at the back, but continued to run.
Police spokesperson Superintendent Moatshe Ngoepe said the robber’s body was later found, with the money and a firearm in the bushes.
It was later discovered that the 35-year old man was a teacher at a local high school.
18 December 2006
A Limpopo teacher was shot dead when he tried to rob a filing station in Thulamahashe, outside Bushbuckridge.
A robber entered a filing station and held staff at gunpoint; he stole and undisclosed amount of money and ran away.
According to an Independent Online report a security guard chased the robber and shot at him, an exchange of fire followed and the robber was hit at the back, but continued to run.
Police spokesperson Superintendent Moatshe Ngoepe said the robber’s body was later found, with the money and a firearm in the bushes.
It was later discovered that the 35-year old man was a teacher at a local high school.
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