Aftermath of the attempted cash-in-transit robbery in South Africa
A South African guard was caught in dashcam footage fighting a gang of armed thieves who sprayed his security vehicle with more than thirty bullets in an attempt to kill him, before turning the situation around by chasing them under the threat of a weapon.
Leo Prinsloo, 48, was escorting cellphones in his unmarked armored Toyota Land Cruiser when he was ambushed by two cars full of gunmen.
Prinsloo is a former member of the South African Police Service’s Special Task Force, a special operations group within the SAPS.
The Special Task Force functions as a hostage rescue and counter-terrorism organization, trained to deal with high-risk threats on the land, in the air, and at sea.
This detail of Prinsloo’s career was confirmed by his current employer, Fortis Pro Active Defence Solutions, on Facebook.
