Worker shot dead after trying to escape Joburg mall robbery
- Police are searching for two suspects involved in a robbery and murder at Westgate Shopping Centre.
- A store clerk was shot by the assailants as he tried to make his escape.
- Police are looking for information that could lead to the gunmen's arrest.
Police in Johannesburg are on the hunt for two men involved in a robbery that resulted in the death of a store clerk at Westgate Shopping Centre on Monday.
However, when one of the clerks managed to free himself, he was shot dead by the intruders.
Esther Natukunda, who frequents the shopping centre, said when she arrived at the mall there was an unfamiliar ruckus.
She said moments later, a helicopter started circling the mall.