Africa-Press – South-Africa. An altercation in Jabulani Mall in Soweto left a man dead after he allegedly refused to give way to a security guard who was loading money into an ATM.
The incident happened on Wednesday and the security guard was arrested and charged with murder.
Gauteng police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi said the security guard asked people queueing at the ATM to make way for him.
“One of them refused, and this led to a scuffle between the two. In the process, the trigger of the firearm was pulled, and the bullet hit the patron,” said Nevhuhulwi.
The police spokesperson said:
The 44-year-old security officer is expected to appear in court soon on a charge of murder.
Nevhuhulwi said there was no indication of a robbery.
The incident comes amid a deadly week of cash-in-transit heists, which claimed the lives of four people.
Among the dead were two KwaZulu-Natal security guards. Another four security guards were injured in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.
In a heist in the Eastern Cape, a driver and suspected robber were shot dead.
According to the latest quarterly crime stats, there were 60 cash-in-transit heists between April and June this year. Of those, 14 took place in the Eastern Cape, and 13 took place in KwaZulu-Natal – the two provinces that have the highest number of CIT heists.
Statistics from the Cash-In-Transit Association of SA (Citasa) indicate that there were more than 200 CIT robberies across the country between January and August.
Thirteen law enforcement officers and security guards were killed in the line of duty (excluding police officers) between April and June.
There were 118 attempted murders of law enforcement officers and security guards in the three-month period.
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