Armed robbery at retail store leaves two injured

By Kim Saulse
09 September 2009

Police were alerted of an armed robbery at a retail store on Main Road in Claremont yesterday.

Police investigations at the scene have established that the Store security officer and a teller controller, were on their way to the cash office, when they were approached by armed person near the staff entrance.

The two employees were then ordered, at gunpoint, to hand over the money to him, but refused to co-operate.

“The suspect then turned around and walked a few paces as if he was leaving store, and then suddenly turned around, and fired shots wounding the Security Officer on his neck and shoulder and the Teller Controller on her upper arm. The suspect then removed the money bag,containing an undisclosed amount of cash and fled from the scene on foot,” said SAPS Claremont Cluster spokesperson, Captain Angie Latchman.

The suspect who has been described to be “dark in complexion, and clad in a pair of blue jeans, is still at large”.

Both the Security Officer and the Teller Controller were later taken to hospital where they are now in a stable condition.

Anyone with information regarding the incident or the identity of the suspect is urged to contact the Investigating Officer at SAPS Claremont, Detective Inspector Clive Kaffer on contact 021- 657 2266 or Crime Stop on 08600 10111.