Johannesburg – A Coin Security guard was shot dead while on duty outside the First National Bank in Bushbuckridge on Monday morning, Mpumalanga police said.

The guard was standing outside the bank while two of his colleagues were inside collecting money when he was approached by an unknown number of men, police spokesperson Leonard Hlathi said.

“After he was shot, he ran inside the bank and fell and died inside.”

The men who attacked the guard continued to fire at random as they fled the scene, said Hlathi.

Six vehicles were damaged and some shop windows were broken.

“After the gruesome act, the suspects fled the scene in two white cars, a Mercedes-Benz sedan and a Nissan Tiida, with an empty bag.”

No arrests had been made, Hlathi said.

– SAPA