Security cameras of a business in Umgeni, Durban, showing the harrowing ordeal endured by a motorist who was the target of a brazen daytime hijacking.
Watch: Three suspects caught on camera during Umgeni hijacking
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The incident took place outside Waste Centre Fabrics, on the ever-busy Umgeni Road, on Friday, 19 January 2024.
A man in a white vehicle, presumably the business owner, had just pulled up to the premises at approximately 07:44, about 15 minutes before Waste Centre Fabrics was due to open its doors when security cameras showed two men casually strolling by.
An unidentified woman, who may have been accompanied by the man, could be seen making her way toward the store entrance, when, seconds later, the white vehicle, a Toyota Corolla, was surrounded by the two men, and a third accomplice who had crept up from the passenger side.
The man, in his senior years, was violently pulled out of the car and smacked with a pistol in the back of his head.
Despite his pleas for help, the suspects overpowered the man and took off in his vehicle.
Details about the incident were scarce when this article was published. However, Waste Centre Fabrics’s security cameras were precise enough to provide authorities with a clear image of at least two of the three suspects involved in the Umgeni hijacking.
Without a formal statement from Durban police, it’s presumed the suspects are still at large.
Here’s the CCTV footage of the hijacking incident:
This is a developing story.
