A man was shot in the head close to a bank in KwaZulu-Natal. Image: Reaction Unit South Africa Facebook page
A man was SHOT in the head when armed robbers pounced on him and a coworker in Wick Street, KwaZulu-Natal
A man was shot in the head close to a bank in KwaZulu-Natal. Image: Reaction Unit South Africa Facebook page
On Monday, 23 January 2023, a man was shot in the head and robbed of an undisclosed sum of money outside Standard Bank on Wick Street in KwaZulu-Natal.
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At around 9:17, Reaction Unit South Africa’s (RUSA) operations centre received numerous calls from businesses and the general public reporting a shooting in progress.
All available emergency personnel was dispatched to the scene, where they found the victim bleeding from a gunshot wound to the head.
RUSA medics stabilised him at the scene before transporting him in critical condition to the hospital.
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Witnesses say the injured man and a coworker were a few meters from the bank’s entrance when two armed men confronted them.
Before fleeing in their getaway vehicle, one of the suspects fired two shots and stole two bags of cash.
According to witnesses, the robbers drove either a black VW Golf or a silver Toyota Corolla with an ND registration.
The second victim was unharmed.