200 percent bank robbery increase

Bank robberies increased by 200 percent in the 2013/2014 financial year, national police commissioner Riah Phiyega said on Friday.

"Bank robbery went from seven to 21, with Gauteng contributing to most of them," she said at the release of the crime statistics in Pretoria.

Gauteng had 11 bank robberies, the Eastern Cape five, KwaZulu-Natal two and the Free State three.

 

 

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