JHB mall jewellery heist: 'It was well planned'

JOHANNESBURG - A gang of several armed men made off with an undisclosed amount of jewellery during a heist at Winifred Mandela Precinct - formerly known as Nicolay Mall, in Bryanston, on Monday afternoon.

Several shots were fired as members of the public ducked for cover when the perpetrators fled the mall, shortly after 2pm.

An eyewitness to the jewellery heist at the shopping centre said the perpetrators were well equipped.

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Jason Harter witnessed the gang fire several shots into the roof of the mall as they fled the scene.

“I saw there was a bit of commotion, I looked up towards the jewellery store, saw there were hands with gloves taking some things off the shelf at the demo section. I saw people start to scatter, the group of gentlemen emerged and suddenly they got to the escalator and started firing some shots to disperse the crowd.”

He said the heist was well planned and carried out.

“Very particularly planned, and in and out, I would wager, in less than seven to eight minutes.”

Meanwhile, the police are probing a case of business robbery.