{"id":136737,"date":"2016-09-15T09:35:55","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T07:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=136737"},"modified":"2016-09-15T09:35:55","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T07:35:55","slug":"watch-angry-citizens-beat-up-would-be-hijackers-in-durban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/136737\/watch-angry-citizens-beat-up-would-be-hijackers-in-durban\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Angry citizens beat up would-be hijackers in Durban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New footage has emerged showing citizens coming to the rescue of a man involved in an attempted hijacking in Durban.<\/p>\n<p>The CCTV footage shows two would-be hijackers approaching the driver&#8217;s side of the car, which had been opened. The criminals quickly try to force the driver out of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>People around the busy area quickly respond, with one woman rushing the hijackers, armed with her handbag.<\/p>\n<p>As more people rush to help, the commotion even attracts the attention of a passing tow-truck, with its passenger leaping out of the\u00a0vehicle to help before it comes to a complete stop.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iZN5BRnsOqA\" width=\"640\" height=\"388\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on crime in SA<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/135541\/these-are-the-worst-hijacking-spots-in-south-africa-in-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>These are the worst hijacking spots in South Africa in 2016<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to South Africa crime stats 2016: everything you need to know\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/135321\/south-africa-crime-stats-2016-everything-you-need-to-know\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">South Africa crime stats 2016: everything you need to know<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Smash and grab hotspots in Joburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/135057\/smash-and-grab-hotspots-in-joburg-pretoria-durban-and-cape-town\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Smash and grab hotspots in Joburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New footage has emerged showing citizens coming to the rescue of a man involved in an attempted hijacking in Durban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":93506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5554],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-136737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136737"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136743,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136737\/revisions\/136743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}