Around 9:50 a.m. Wednesday, five men hit a jewelry store in Brooklyn Mall, posing as a customer before grabbing loot and hijacking a Toyota Corolla Cross to flee. A high-speed pursuit through Pretoria ended with a shootout near Station Square Mall, where officers arrested the suspects aged 32 to 38 and seized the vehicle, a rifle with ammo, and all the jewelry.
A security officer was shot but airlifted to hospital in stable condition; no shoppers were harmed.
Robbery at Brooklyn Mall, Pretoria. Shots fired. pic.twitter.com/4pcqszBthI
— Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) March 18, 2026
Some suspects have been arrested in the area.
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5 suspects detained , 1 rifle recovered ( Brooklyn Mall Suspects} https://t.co/BjDMQ3pNIj pic.twitter.com/tP4DI2QUtq
— Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) March 18, 2026