Eight Killed in South African Butcher Shop Bloodbath After Heist Goes Awry

FOXNews.com ^ | Friday, January 30, 2009

[metmom]

A cash heist at a butcher shop in the South African port of Durban ended in a bloodbath Friday when police fatally shot all eight suspects as they fled with their loot.

"The suspects entered the butcher's and held up people at gunpoint. They later fled with an unspecified amount of money. The police gave chase,'' Police Inspector Michael Read said.

"Police shot dead all eight suspects, all men, after they lost control of the vehicle in which they were fleeing."

[rahbert]

Wow. That is a tough country to pull a heist in an fail.

[MahatmaGandu]

(*sniff*) I love a happy ending.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Wow. That is a tough country to pull a heist in an fail.

A buddy of mine is a South African cop in Cape Town. He tells some very scary stories if I let him. South Africa is an amazingly violent country: there is no equivalent place in the United States (thank God).

[metmom]

Might make the cop’s job easier in the long run when word of that gets out.

[metmom]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24986700-23109,00.html

“More than 50 suspects die every month in South Africa from bullets or at the hands of police in a country which has one of the world’s highest crime rates.”

Which I guess goes to show that criminals ARE stupid. Anyone who’d take that risk in a country like that gets what they deserve.

[WellyP]

Cheaper that way!

[metmom]

I was thinking that.

[randomhero97]

Lol. At my previous job another one of the DoD contractors had a buddy in Cape Town. He said the last time he visited his buddy they were walking down the street and his buddy said hold on. His buddy pulled out his pistol and fired on another guy across the street. He told me that when he asked his buddy why he shot at him it's because he didn't like him.

It seems to be the wild west in South Africa.

[Walkingfeather]

We all know what each other is thinking.

[Doe Eyes]

South Africa is an amazingly violent country: there is no equivalent place in the United States (thank God).

Wasn't such a dangerous place years ago.

What changed?

[DieHard the Hunter]

> What changed?

Didn’t they get rid of A-Pop-Tarts or something? Who knew that junk food withdrawal could cause so much trouble, ay.

[Tainan]

The ANC came to power. And they are preparing to enter into a power-sharing agreement with the SACP - The South African Communist Party.
It is chaos and anarchy mixed with tribalism and African-style communism.
Years back, Durban was a very beautiful coastal city. Reminiscent of a Mediterranean locale. Now...thug city and crime.