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Robbers see spots and flee empty-handed
May 25 2000 at 06:15PM
Three armed robbers fled empty-handed from
the home of a Johannesburg taxidermist on
Thursday morning when they apparently mistook two stuffed leopards for the real thing, Johannesburg police said.
The gang overpowered gardener Thembelani Tshuma, 26, in the garden of the Fourth
Street, Linden, house and forced him inside where they assaulted him and taxidermist,
David Alison, 65.
Tshuma was stabbed once in the face, and
Alison was stabbed in the upper body and
pistol-whipped while being dragged through
the house, police spokeswoman Inspector Mary Martins-Engelbrecht said.
In one of the rooms, the attackers saw two
stuffed leopards which they must have thought
were alive and they ran away without taking
anything, she said.
Police confiscated a 9mm handgun with the
serial number filed off and a butcher's
knife.
Linden detectives are investigating.
Tshuma and Alison were both admitted to a
clinic. - Sapa
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Robbers see spots and flee empty-handed
May 25 2000 at 06:15PM
Three armed robbers fled empty-handed from
the home of a Johannesburg taxidermist on
Thursday morning when they apparently mistook two stuffed leopards for the real thing, Johannesburg police said.
The gang overpowered gardener Thembelani Tshuma, 26, in the garden of the Fourth
Street, Linden, house and forced him inside where they assaulted him and taxidermist,
David Alison, 65.
Tshuma was stabbed once in the face, and
Alison was stabbed in the upper body and
pistol-whipped while being dragged through
the house, police spokeswoman Inspector Mary Martins-Engelbrecht said.
In one of the rooms, the attackers saw two
stuffed leopards which they must have thought
were alive and they ran away without taking
anything, she said.
Police confiscated a 9mm handgun with the
serial number filed off and a butcher's
knife.
Linden detectives are investigating.
Tshuma and Alison were both admitted to a
clinic. - Sapa
©1999. All rights strictly reserved. Independent Online is a wholly owned subsidiary of Independent News & Media.