Two shot in Cape Town robbery

A SECURITY guard and a teller were shot and wounded in an armed robbery at a Shoprite store in Claremont, Cape Town today,Western Cape police said.

The male security guard and female teller were taking the day’s taking to the cash office when they were approached by an unknown man when the store, on Main Road, was closing at 5pm, Captain Angie Latchman said.

"The man then demanded the cash. When they refused he turned around and started walking away. He then turned around and shot them."

The guard was shot in the shoulder and neck, the teller in the upper body. The man took the money and fled. He was still at large.

ER24 spokesman Tristan Wadeley said guard was airlifted from the scene. The woman was taken to hospital by ambulance.

Both were in a stable condition, he said.