Gunmen shoot security guard

Brixton – On Monday a security guard was shot and wounded by robbers at a petrol station in in Brixton.

  Police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo said the gang had robbed the petrol station.

  “They took an undisclosed amount of money, car keys and a cellphone. When they went outside, they spotted the security guard. They ambushed the guard while he was cleaning his company car’s windscreen and disarmed him; and during the altercation, the guard was shot in the leg.

He was subsequently taken to hospital,” Masondo said.

  He added that police traced the gang to Denver and recovered the vehicle used to commit the crime; and two men were taken in for questioning.