Three security guards were injured in a shoot-out when two vehicles failed to push an armoured car off a road about 20km from Pilanesberg during an attempted cash-in-transit heist on Saturday morning, North West police said.
Marico region police spokesperson Inspector Thabo Makhafola said four cars suspected to have been used by the attackers were later found abandoned in the area. One had a Botswana registration.
Makhafola said the guards were taken to hospital.
No arrests have been made.
Armed robbers also rammed into an armoured vehicle at Akasia, near Pretoria, on Saturday morning, forcing it off the road, according to police spokesperson Constable Brenda Kgafela.
Three guards were injured in the accident, but no shots were fired.
The robbers escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash, and no arrests have been made.
The guards were reported to be in a stable condition in hospital, she said.
The incident was the latest of a string of recent cash-in-transit heists in Gauteng. — Sapa