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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Members of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG), founded by self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri, were robbed at gunpoint during a night vigil in Mpumalanga on Saturday.<\/p>\n

About 10 Kamhlushwa branch members were gathered at about 21:30, waiting for other congregants to join them when three gunmen, their faces covered, stormed the church.<\/p>\n

According to police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala, they robbed members of an undisclosed amount of cash, 14 cellphones and the congregants’ and church’s bank cards and PINs.<\/p>\n

They took two sets of car keys and fled the scene in one of the victims’ white VW Polo Vivo vehicles.<\/p>\n

The car was later found abandoned at Mzinti, about 7km from the robbed church.<\/p>\n

A team of investigators is working the case, Mohlala said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. Members of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG), founded by self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri, were robbed at gunpoint during a night vigil in Mpumalanga on Saturday. About 10 Kamhlushwa branch members were gathered at about 21:30, waiting for other congregants to join them when three gunmen, their faces covered, stormed the church. 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