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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A man was shot and wounded on Tuesday (Aug 20) by the driver of a car he tried to hijack near Wemmer Pan in central Johannesburg - the second such "fight back" road incident this week.
Four men tried to hijack the car on Mooi Street, a police spokesman said. "The car was at the on-ramp to the N17 when his vehicle was blocked by another car. As the driver tried to U-turn the hijackers shot at his vehicle. The driver got out of his vehicle and returned fire, shooting one of them in a foot."
WOUNDED AND ARRESTED
Police arrested the shot man and another man. They will appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court charged with attempted murder and possession of unlicensed firearms.
The previous incident involved a member of a four-strong hijack gang. He was shot dead by his target in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal on Monday (Aug 19). A police spokesman said four men tried to hijack the car in Alberts Road and shot the driver and his wife. The driver, a man believed to be in his 50's who was wounded in his stomach, used his own gun to kill one of the four.
Do you carry a handgun in your car and would YOU be prepared to use it to defend yourself as these to drivers did? Email us and we'll publish your thoughts or use the Readers' Comments section below...
Four men tried to hijack the car on Mooi Street, a police spokesman said. "The car was at the on-ramp to the N17 when his vehicle was blocked by another car. As the driver tried to U-turn the hijackers shot at his vehicle. The driver got out of his vehicle and returned fire, shooting one of them in a foot."
WOUNDED AND ARRESTED
Police arrested the shot man and another man. They will appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court charged with attempted murder and possession of unlicensed firearms.
The previous incident involved a member of a four-strong hijack gang. He was shot dead by his target in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal on Monday (Aug 19). A police spokesman said four men tried to hijack the car in Alberts Road and shot the driver and his wife. The driver, a man believed to be in his 50's who was wounded in his stomach, used his own gun to kill one of the four.
Do you carry a handgun in your car and would YOU be prepared to use it to defend yourself as these to drivers did? Email us and we'll publish your thoughts or use the Readers' Comments section below...
