New Zealand man dies protecting parents in South Africa robbery, local media says

Record ID: 1859851

  • Title: New Zealand man dies protecting parents in South Africa robbery, local media says
  • Date: 26th November 2024
  • Summary: DUBLIN, IRELAND (NOVEMBER 11, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF RIVER LIFFEY VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF SINN FEIN SHOP JUMPER IN SHOP WITH PRINT, READING (English): “ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A UNITED IRELAND” T-SHIRT WITH PRINT, READING (English): “PARTITION SUCKS” POSTER FOR SINN FEIN LEADER MARY LOU MCDONALD SINN FEIN LEADER, MARY LOU MCDONALD, WALKING OUT AT CAMPAIGN LAUNCH MCDON
  • Embargoed: 10th December 2024 14:52
  • Keywords: crime justice murder new zealand robbery south africa tourist violence
  • Location: CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
  • City: CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
  • Country: South Africa
  • Topics: Africa,Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA002267126112024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS STILL PHOTOGRAPHS
    A 49-year-old New Zealand man was killed while visiting his parents in South Africa on Monday (November 25). He was visiting with his girlfriend and only child.
    Reports from local media outlets said Eugene Robbemond was protecting his parents from a robbery after the assailants had followed them home from the bank on Mostert Street in Monte Vista, a suburb outside Cape Town.
    Local media reported Robbemond tried to stop the suspects during the robbery using a sledgehammer and was fatally wounded and killed.
    People from the neighbourhood left flowers and tributes attached to the gate of the house. Neighbours declined to give details about what happened during the robbery.
    A resident told a local media outlet the man was the son of the intended victims of the robbery, which the Monte Vista Neighbourhood Watch group said he tried to stop.
    Police said they had tracked the car used by the three suspects, but no arrests have been made.
    (Production: Shafiek Tassiem, Sisipho Skweyiya)
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