The Mercury

Attacks this year

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June 18: A couple from the DRC are robbed and shot outside a hotel in Morningsid­e.

June 14: Four men rob three people of cash and cellphones in Morningsid­e after being followed from the airport. They escape in a white Mercedes-Benz.

June 4: A group of seven tourists is robbed outside a guesthouse in Rivonia after being followed from the airport.

May 25: An Ethiopian businessma­n is kidnapped from OR Tambo Airport and tied up in a home in Kensington by three men. His family are given a ransom demand while R25 000 is used fraudulent­ly by the robbers. Police are called and arrive at the house and arrest the men.

May 25: Competitio­n Commission deputy commission­er Hardin Ratshisusu is followed home from the airport and robbed.

May 15: A driver is shot and killed on the airport highway during an attempted diamond robbery of six Indian men.

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