BREAKING | Shooting on M1 highway

Anti-crime activist Yusuf Abramjee described the incident as a highway robbery.
Anti-crime activist Yusuf Abramjee described the incident as a highway robbery.
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A shooting occurred on the M1 North highway on Monday‚ in a suspected robbery attempt.

Johannesburg Metro Police Department officers are diverting traffic off the freeway at Jan Smuts Avenue and Empire Road‚ the city said.

Anti-crime activist Yusuf Abramjee described the incident as a highway robbery.

"Lady followed from Fordsburg JHB and robbed. Driver shot and wounded‚" he tweeted.

A TimesLIVE team is en route to the scene. Details are sketchy at present.

A motorist captured the dramatic scenes when a group of five suspects opened fire on a BMW X1, forcing it to stop, just before the Jan Smuts off-ramp on Johannesburg’s M1 North freeway. The incident took place on October 22 2018.

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