Reports say 48 Zimbabweans aboard an Intercape bus bound for
Johannesburg in South Africa endured four hours of hijacking when four
men armed with guns stopped the bus, robbed passengers of cash,
cellphones and gadgets worth tens of thousands of dollars.
This incident occurred near Hammanskrall around 3.30 am yesterday.
It is reported the robbers impersonated police officers and ordered the
bus to stop, went inside, brandished their guns and locked the drivers
in a compartment and took the passenger list.
One passenger who was interviewed said “I hid my phone and about R10
000 in my panties. I gave the gunman R200 and he demanded my phone,” of
which she said she did not have prompting the robber to look at the
passenger list and call her next of kin.
“I was sweating fearing he
was going to dial my number and the phone would ring. My sister refused
to give him the umber, demanding to talk to me instead. She thought we
we had ben involved in an accident.”
Another passenger said robbers stole about R40 000 from him.
According to the bus company, the robbery occurred in full view of police officers.
“The coach passed through police presence at the tollgate and stooped
on the other side of the tollgate to do a driver change. The coach was
approached by four armed men who then forced the coach driver to proceed
to an area out of sight of the police and tollgate staff.”
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