Robber dies in scuffle

05 February 2010 - 02:00
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A ROBBER died when he and two others held up a shop in Philippi on the Cape Flats on yesterday morning, a police spokesman said.

A ROBBER died when he and two others held up a shop in Philippi on the Cape Flats on yesterday morning, a police spokesman said.

Three men, two of them armed, entered a shop and demanded money, Inspector November Filander said.

A shot was fired and an employee of the shop was wounded.

Two men fled and the third was overpowered by the employees and died in a scuffle. - Sapa