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| Armed gang raids S Africa court | Armed gang raids S Africa court |
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| South African police are investigating an audacious raid on the Johannesburg High Court. | South African police are investigating an audacious raid on the Johannesburg High Court. |
| A gang of men dressed as police officers stole documents related to a number of high-profile crime cases. | |
| They overpowered security guards and tied them up on Sunday night before stealing papers from the office of a senior state prosecutor. | |
| Some of the documents were related to a case concerning one of South Africa's biggest bank robberies. | Some of the documents were related to a case concerning one of South Africa's biggest bank robberies. |
| In that case, which was due to open on Monday, nearly $6 million was stolen from the FNB bank two years ago. | |
| An official said the raiders appeared to know the layout of the building. | An official said the raiders appeared to know the layout of the building. |
| South Africa's National Prosecution Authority said no arrests have yet been made but the police have launched an investigation into the robbery. | |
| Director of Public Prosecutions Charin de Beer said the raid on the court had been organised with "military precision." | |
| Ms de Beer said she believed the people involved were linked to the bank robbery. | |
| But describing the court raid as "bizarre", she added that none of the lost documents would stop or even hamper any prosecution or investigation. |