Kweza said that, “upon arrival, when the suspects saw the police, they fired at them and the members returned fire”.
Renate van Heerden, a master’s student in environmental sciences at UP witnessed the incident from her bedroom window in Burnett Village in Burnett Street. Van Heerden told Perdeby that on Sunday night she heard what she thought sounded like fireworks followed by sirens and a car alarm going off behind her complex.
Van Heerden also said that she saw policemen scouting the place, “The policemen pointed their guns upwards towards one of the flat window, shouting … it seemed [like] they were looking for a person.”
According to Van Heerden’s account, the hijackers were allegedly hiding in one of the flats.
According to Kweza, the police have recovered a police blue light, a bulletproof vest, and three stolen vehicles after the hijacking.
The stolen cars were all VW Golfs. “One [was] hijacked in Pretoria Central, another one in Midrand and a third car with false registration numbers,” Kweza said.
A police jersey, and two stolen pistols were also seized and all of the vehicles have been taken into police custody for further investigation.
Kweza reported that the suspects will appear in court soon and are facing charges of attempted murder, possession of stolen property and possession of unlicensed firearms.
Photo: Eddie Mafa
