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Watch: Horror as hijackers take victims hostage in Boksburg

These brazen hijackers needed less than a minute to take a couple of Boksburg residents hostage, and make their getaway over the weekend.

by Tom Head

07-06-2021 09:53

in News

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CCTV footage shared online has left viewers open-mouthed on Monday, after a pair of hijackers in Boksburg were captured on camera carrying out their nefarious deeds. The criminal duo hold their victims hostage in the back of the vehicle, before escaping through a security gate and making a break for it.

Boksburg pair targeted by carjackers

The clip, which has been viewed thousands of times since it was uploaded on Sunday night, paints a harrowing picture of ‘carjacking culture’ in Gauteng. These thugs see an opportunity when they realise the gates to a home complex have not been shut. They advance on the unsuspecting couple, forcing the driver out of the car in the process.

A passenger who’d exited the motor earlier was also threatened and robbed at gunpoint. The grainy footage shows the helpless civilian hand over some of his possessions to the hijackers. From there, the driver is forced into the back seat of the car, and the second victim is also marched back inside the car just before it speeds off.

Watch: Boksburg hijackers take victims hostage

Hijacking: William Street, Beyers Park Boksburg. Victims taken hostage. #CrimeWatch pic.twitter.com/fGLG3tEFb8
— Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) June 6, 2021

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The incident took place on William Street, which is in the Beyers Park region of Boksburg, at around 19:40 on Saturday 5 June. Police have since opened an investigation into the matter, and arrests are yet to be made in this case. Previous quarterly crime stats have revealed that four of the ten most active regions for hijackers are based in Gauteng:

(Location and incidents recorded in the previous quarter)