Robber shot dead in Pta bank
28/06/2007 19:20 - (SA)
Pretoria - A bank robber was killed when an off-duty metro
policewoman opened fire on men trying to rob the First National Bank in
Pretoria North on Thursday.
Tshwane metro police spokesperson William Baloyi said the
shooting happened shortly before 15:00 at Wonderpark shopping centre.
A group of men entered the bank and robbed both clients
in the bank of their possessions and also tried to rob the bank.
They took the metro policewoman's cellphone and wallet,
when she opened fire, fatally wounding one of them.
It was not clear if the robbers who had escaped got away
with any money.
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