Armed robbers hit News Caf

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The three masked men, The Monitor has been told,  ambushed News café around 11pm. according to eye witnesses the men pounced at the joint armed with guns and knives. They made away with  patrons’ valuables after  ordering them  to lie down. ’

One eyewitness Thato Kgaswane said; “I had just left to the other floor, I was visiting the bathroom. I heard loud noises but immediately assumed that they were coming from the kitchen.”

“I thought waiters had dropped plates or pots, really. I then proceeded back downstairs, I got the shock of my life when I found people lying on the floor, with others screaming and crying.”

“My body was numb at that point, it seemed as if they had just left, I asked my lady friend who I had left at the table what had happened and she told me that the three men came out of nowhere.”

“She said they had tied security guard and demanded all their valuables, cellphones, watches and wallets,” she related. The Monitor visited News Café premises yesterday and noted that everything had gone back to normal. One of the store managers said “I was not there at the time, I was told by staff that the robbers came in. They did not steal anything from us except the customers’ belongings.”

“We reported to the police, all other information will be relayed by them as they are the ones doing the investigations,” she said.