{"id":7804,"date":"2025-07-17T13:02:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T13:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=7804"},"modified":"2025-07-17T13:03:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T13:03:00","slug":"heartless-armed-robbers-target-mourning-family-in-soweto-steal-over-r150000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=7804","title":{"rendered":"Heartless Armed Robbers Target Mourning Family in Soweto, Steal Over R150,000"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>South African Correspondent<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jabulani, Soweto, SOUTH AFRICA \u2014 In a brutal act that has shaken the community, four armed suspects stormed a grieving household during a funeral vigil on Wednesday evening, robbing traumatized mourners of cash, valuables, and even funeral groceries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident occurred around 18:00 Hours as the family gathered to mourn a recent loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The assailants held attendees at gunpoint, seizing mobile phones and bank cards before forcing multiple family members to transfer over R150,000 via banking apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a further violation, two suspects stole a white Range Rover Evoque (registration: ORI M) and used it to withdraw cash at Jabulani Mall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the remaining thieves assaulted mourners, ransacked the kitchen, and looted food and supplies intended for the funeral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The stolen vehicle\u2019s tracker was later recovered in the East Rand, but the family remains devastated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We were mourning our loved one\u2014not preparing for war,&#8221; said a tearful relative who requested anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;They took everything: our money, our dignity, and the food meant to comfort us. We beg for justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities have condemned the attack and urge witnesses to come forward with any information that could assist to solve the crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92025<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African Correspondent Jabulani, Soweto, SOUTH AFRICA \u2014 In a brutal act that has shaken the community, four armed suspects stormed a grieving household during a funeral vigil on Wednesday&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-court-and-crime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7806,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7804\/revisions\/7806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}