Security guard shot during robbery at Cradlestone Mall

Paramedics treated a security guard was shot during a robbery at a jewellery store on Sunday.
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A 40-year-old security guard was shot and wounded during a robbery at Cradlestone Mall in Krugersdorp on Sunday afternoon, paramedics said.

Netcare911 spokesman Shawn Herbst said the guard was shot during a robbery at a jewellery store in the mall.

Hersbt said the guard sustained a gunshot wound in his torso and was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition.