Attempted Robbery at Emperor's Palace

Lol.
It's funny but the guy that's informs the cops is usually one of the robbers and he gets paid more than what he would have got from the robbery.
 
Geee . . I Just as I thought South Africa was getting better. WTF Is that little girl ok?
 
Family's Casino Shooting Hell

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Johannesburg - A day after their daughter was hit in the head by bullet shrapnel during a casino heist shoot-out, Shayne and Maggie du Plessis are extremely relieved.

Five-year-old Shané du Plessis was injured during a gunfight between a large gang and cops at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park on Sunday.

Her injuries were severe, and doctors were initially unsure of her recovery.

The shrapnel penetrated her hand before hitting her in the head. She has undergone surgery to remove shrapnel and was recovering well this morning - despite worries on Sunday that she might be brain damaged or deaf.

The 19-man gang involved in the shoot-out nearly pulled off what could have been one of South Africa’s biggest casino heists, but their plan was foiled by a tactical team of officers acting on a tip-off.

This resulted in the shoot-out between the police and the small army of AK-47-wielding gangsters. On Sunday night four men were still at large, but 15 were in custody.

Shané’s father Shayne said they were relieved that their daughter was recovering well.

“She’s fine, she’s still a bit quiet, but she’s eating and doing well,” said Shayne.

He said the family were getting ready to book out of the hotel and he was in the bathroom when he heard “bursting sounds”.

“My daughter started screaming, then my wife and I rushed out and saw my daughter was covered in blood.”

The family were initially worried that she may have suffered brain damage, but as of this morning the injuries appeared to have been limited to the possibility of hearing loss and damage to her right hand.

She will be assessed throughout the week to monitor her hearing and will go for rehabilitation for her hand.
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Police drive away with some of the suspects. Photo: Itumeleng English

THE STAR

Shané had heard noises outside and went to look through the hotel room window.

Shayne said his daughter had her hands up against the glass in front of her face and that her right hand had taken most of the shrapnel.

“Her hand is damaged the most, which is hard (to accept) because she is top of the class in netball, ballet and tennis,” said Shayne.

His other daughter, who is three years old, witnessed what happened to her older sister.

“She watched everything happen. Since Sunday morning she hasn’t said a word,” said Shayne.

He thanked the ER24 paramedics for their assistance, saying that it was “the best service” he had ever experienced.

Shané still has a piece of shrapnel lodged in the top of her head, which doctors said was too dangerous to remove for now.

The marketing manager at Life The Glynnwood Hospital, Elbett Bole, confirmed that Shané was recovering.

“She’s doing well, she’s stable,” said Bole this morning.

Armed with several firearms and travelling in at least two cars, the 19 robbers were stopped before their plan went into full swing at the casino.

They had no idea that they were being watched and followed, or that the police had information about their plan, when they arrived at the entertainment venue early on Sunday.

Provincial police spokesman Brigadier Neville Malila said on Monday that no further arrests had been made.

He said he did not want to comment on Shané’s injuries as he had not spoken to her parents.

“I tried to contact the parents last night, but couldn’t get through,” said Malila.

He said he would meet investigators on Monday to discuss the incident. Police had put together a watertight operational plan, with officers strategically deployed in and around the venue.The task team pounced on the gang at about 7am. A shoot-out broke out, and after the dust had settled, police counted at least 15 men in custody, with two of them under guard in hospital.

SAPS spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said the police had been tipped off about the planned heist.

The police’s intelligence unit sprang into action.

Dlamini described the operation as “very big”, with officers, including the specialised tactical response team, called in from across Gauteng and deployed at strategic points in and around the casino, which is near OR Tambo International Airport.

“Through a crime intelligence-led operation, police followed information that a gang of 19 men travelling in several vehicles were planning to rob the casino.

“During an observation, the police were involved in a shoot-out with suspects travelling in a Mazda double-cab bakkie at the main entrance of the casino,” Dlamini said.

“Two were shot and wounded and three others were arrested. An AK-47 assault rifle was found inside their bakkie.”

Dlamini said police officers also confronted five other suspects travelling in a Toyota Fortuner to the casino in Jones Road.

“They were arrested, and five firearms, two AK-47 assault rifles, two 9mm pistols and a revolver were recovered.

“While continuing with a search for other suspects, two 9mm pistols were found in the toilets inside the casino. Five other suspects were arrested on the premises, two at the gate, and others inside the premises,” he said.

The incident cost the casino resort almost a whole day of business while police officers combed the premises for more suspects and other clues. The hotel remained closed, with most parts cordoned off with police lines.

No police officers were injured in the shoot-out.

Dlamini said the police were working on an initial number of 19 suspects, and with 15 arrested, they were not sure if others had been inside the hotel or had escaped.

Casino spokeswoman Julie van Wyk said the police cordoned off the premises to investigate, but that they could start operating again from 3.30pm on Sunday.
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Five-year-old Shane' du Plessis was injured during a gunfight between a large gang and cops at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park.
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SAPS forensic experts inspect a bullet-riddled vehicle that was used in an attempted heist at the Emperors Palace casino in Kempton Park. Photo: Itumeleng English
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I am glad that the operation worked! Sad that an innocent girl was hurt but things could of been much worse!
 
Little Girl out of Danger

A five-year-old girl wounded when 15 men tried to rob Emperors Palace casino was recovering well in hospital on Monday, Life The Glynnwood Hospital said.

"She is stable and recovering well this morning. We gave her a teddy and she is doing well," marketing manager Elbett Bole said.

"Doctors removed shrapnel from the side of her face and her head this morning, but her spirits are well. Her parents are shaken up as any parents under the circumstances would be, but are doing well too."

Bole said there were no concerns of brain damage or hearing loss. She said it was unclear when five-year-old Shane du Plessis would be discharged.

"Doctors would determine that after their ward rounds this afternoon."

A stray bullet grazed her head in the casino's hotel on Sunday morning during a foiled robbery.

Gauteng police spokesman Lt-Col Lungelo Dlamini said police at the casino received a tip-off that 19 men were going to rob the venue. Police confronted a group at the entrance and a shootout ensued.

Fifteen men were arrested and expected to appear in the Kempton Park Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. Three AK-47 assault rifles, four pistols and one revolver were recovered at the scene.

Gauteng community safety MEC Faith Mazibuko said the arrests should be a warning to criminals.

"Criminals must know that here in Gauteng asibhenywa, asbhay' skelm, siyabopha [in Gauteng we don't mess around. We will catch you and arrest you]."

The men face charges of conspiracy to rob, attempted murder, possession of unlicensed firearms, and possession of suspected stolen vehicles.

Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said the arrests reflected police precision and should send a message to criminals that police would not hesitate to protect citizens.

"The success of this operation has demonstrated that we have the capacity to make a significant impact on crime," he said in a statement.


Source : Sapa /dm/aa/hdw/th
Date : 29 Apr 2013 15:53
 
I wonder how many cops they had ...
 
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