Jabulani Mall armed robbery under investigation: SAPS

Police in Gauteng are investigating a case of business robbery, after a gang of 15 suspects robbed a store at Jabulani shopping mall in Soweto, south of Johannesburg, of an undisclosed amount of money on Sunday.

Police say nine suspects armed with firearms and wearing masks entered the store and took money from the tills and safe.

The suspects reportedly fired shots but no injuries have been reported.

Gauteng police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi, “The information at hand indicates that while the nine suspects were robbing the store, two more suspects armed with firearms were at the main entrance of the mall and the other four suspects, also armed were on observation opposite the mall and they used a blue BMW vehicle and white Toyota Quantum to flee the scene. Police request anyone with information that can assist the police with the investigation to contact their nearest police station.  “