Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) responded to two home invasions within 30 minutes of each other in Waterloo – KZN yesterday (Friday) evening.
At approximately 20:44, Reaction Officers were called out to a property on Aster Road in Waterloo – KZN (picture 1). Upon arrival, it was established that a family of seven had been held at gunpoint by two men wearing balaclavas and armed with firearms. The suspects demanded cash and mobile phones, taking a Samsung A06, an Honor X6, a Redmi smartphone, and an Oppo mobile device. The suspects also instructed the family to complete a R1,000 cash send and took the house keys before fleeing in a black Honda. The vehicle’s registration details are unconfirmed.
While attending to the first scene, Reaction Officers were alerted to a second home invasion approximately 1.9 kilometres away on Woodpecker Road (picture 2). Officers arrived at around 21:11 and found that a family of five had been held at gunpoint by two similarly masked and armed suspects. They stole a Samsung A05, an Honor X6b, a Mobicell touchscreen phone, and a basic button phone. The suspects also took the keys to a silver Mercedes-Benz C180 before fleeing in the same black Honda reported in the earlier incident.
Reaction Officers conducted an extensive search in the area following both incidents, but no arrests have been made.