{{ A 63-year-old woman was shot and killed on Friday evening in Lenasia, south west of Johannesburg, after robbers mistook a plastic bag, carrying a plastic container, as carrying money instead, Gauteng police said.}}<\/p>\n
“Around 19:00 on Friday evening, the 63-year-old woman was dropped off from work by her brother,” Warrant Officer Kay Makhubela said.<\/p>\n
“The brother had a shop in Lenasia.”<\/p>\n
While the brother was dropping his sister off, a red car stopped behind them, with three men believed to be in the car.<\/p>\n
“As she got out the car, one of the men got out and shot and killed her. [He] took the plastic bag she was carrying and [they] drove off and left her,” Makhubela said.<\/p>\n
The woman died on the scene shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n
Makhubela said the motive appeared to be robbery.<\/p>\n
“The men knew they were coming from the shop and believed that the plastic bag had money in it,” he said.<\/p>\n
“There was no money in the plastic bag. It was an empty plastic container.”<\/p>\n
No arrests have been made.<\/p>\n
Police were investigating.<\/p>\n
– SAPA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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