Random shooting leaves petrol attendant dead in Middelburg cash heist

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Random shooting leaves petrol attendant dead in Middelburg cash heist
BANG: Two bystanders were injured and one petrol attendant died during a cash heist in Middelburg. PICTURE BY Youtube.

In the video, the four robbers try to flee the scene after taking cash from the cash-in-transit guards but the guards retaliate and crash into the robbers car with their van.


A cash-in-transit heist in Mpumalanga has left a petrol attendant dead in Middelburg after the robbers got involved in a shoot-out with the guards, shooting randomly. 

Two other people who were at the Engen fuel garage near Midwater Centre were injured while the petrol attendant’s life was tragically ending. 

The incident happened Friday 2 August 2019 in the Middelburg area. 

The men are seen in the video footage attacking a guard carrying a bag of cash.

The suspects then got into their car that was waiting closer the scene of mission. 

But then when they tried to run away the guards drove straight to them and crashed their car with the armoured vehicle. 

Then a shoot-out began, with two customers getting shot in the legs and being rushed to hospital.  

The petrol attendant died later in hospital. The police are investigating.

(edited by ZK) 

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