Suspected robbers wound seven in Leondale
Imogen
Vollenhoven
24November 2012
Seven people have
been wounded in a shootout between suspected robbers and police at Phumula
Garden Mall in Leondale this afternoon.
Two of the wounded who were rushed to hospital are in a serious condition.It is alleged the suspects tried to rob one of the stores in the mall, when the police were called in.
Ekurhuleni Emergency Services' Rogers Maimela said police were still in pursuit of the other suspects.
Some of the robbers who managed to
flee to the nearby squatter camp in the vicinity were cornered by police.
24November 2012
Two of the wounded who were rushed to hospital are in a serious condition.It is alleged the suspects tried to rob one of the stores in the mall, when the police were called in.
Ekurhuleni Emergency Services' Rogers Maimela said police were still in pursuit of the other suspects.
Local paramedics managed to treat
all the patients on scene.
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