Screenshot of video footage, soldiers attack alleged criminal. Image: X/@TheTruthPanther
Viral Video: SANDF members assault alleged hijacker
A group of SANDF soldiers have decided to take the law into their own hands, in recovering a stolen vehicle of one of their colleagues.
Screenshot of video footage, soldiers attack alleged criminal. Image: X/@TheTruthPanther
Hijackers have had a rough time getting away their crimes lately as law abiding citizens have decided to take the law onto their own hands.
SOLDIERS ATTACK CAR THIEF
In the latest viral video, a group of soldier from the South African National Defence Force(SANDF) are caught on camera assaulting a suspected hijackers.
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The alleged hijacker can be seen forced to the ground and repeatedly receiving blows to the head.
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It is suspected that the owner of the car is one of the soldiers, who managed to track his vehicle, a white Toyota Etios hatchback.
Upon arrival the SANDF members caught the alleged criminal attempting to remove the vehicle tracker.
DURBAN TAZZ DRIVER
Two weeks ago, a Durban woman rose to instant social media fame after CCTV footage showed chasing and driving over one of her attackers.
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In the video, Sandy-Lee Ward, is seen exiting a shopping centre at the Bluff just south of Durban, when two men approach her vehicle as she’s about to put her ticket into the card machine.
One of the men manages to open the door and grab her bag before another car stops close by to try and assist.
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As the two assailants run off one, manages to climb into a getaway car.
Ward is then caught on camera at an adjacent petrol station as well as in full view of police, chasing after the remaining criminal who is trying to get away on foot before he his hit by Wards Toyota Tazz- sending his body flying for a few metres.
While the assailant was charged with common theft, no charges were brought against Ward.
