(27 Dec 2005) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of flats
2. Mid of restaurant with people outside
3. Wide of two Chinese women crossing street
4. Mid of a Chinese woman outside the restaurant
5. Exterior of supermarket
6. Mid of Chinese family members
7. Man getting into car
8. Wide of restaurant and petrol station
9. Wide of two boys on bicycles
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rainer Rothballer, Witness:
"I was playing play station and I heard two gun shots, and I looked outside the window and I saw a person shooting. When I came I saw the China man running, he was running away from these guys. Cause he was hesitating and they shot him on the back of his head once and he fell on the floor and that's what happened. Off robbery they have been robbed about six times this year, the bottle store three times the China man was robbed five weeks ago and they beat him up and he just came out of hospital three days ago and they went to buy stuff for Christmas and now that happened."
11. Mid of clothes shop
12. Close-up writing on the shop windows
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Andy Pieke, Police Superintendent:
"On the 24th of December at the Friendly Supermarket in Springs a robbery occurred, six robbers entered they threatened staff and clients they also forced them to give them cash, they took cash from the tills as well as from the office during the robbery a shot was fired by one of the robbers and this hit a Chinese man in the back of the head, he died on the scene. The robbers then fled in five vehicles the police rushed to scene and managed to arrest one of the suspects on the scene he was found in possesion of a firearm which through investigations had been established was stolen in Johannesburg during September this year.
14. Exterior of shop
15. Close-up of shop sign "Friendly Supermarket
16. Close-up lock on door
17. Close-up shoes for sale
18. Close-up of bars across store windows
19. Wide exterior of shop
STORYLINE
A Chinese businessman has become the latest victim of a crime wave in South Africa on Monday.
Heng Zheng was gunned down by robbers outside a supermarket in Selcourt near Springs after a string of robberies in the same area.
Selcourt is 60 kilometres (37 miles) away from the city of Johannesburg.
The 26-year-old left his own fashion wear business to buy some items at a Friendly Supermarket.
However the situation became violence when six armed men entered the shop, demanding everyone lie down.
Heng Zheng made the fatal mistake of attempting to escape by running away.
As he sprinted desperately down the footpath he was shot in the back of the head and died at the scene.
The Chinese businessman had just been released from hospital following a beating he received during the last in a string of robberies at his own store.
An eye witness to the shooting recounted the number of recent crimes there: "They (the supermarket) have been robbed about six times this year, the bottle store three times, the China man was robbed five weeks ago and they beat him up and he just came out of hospital three days ago and they went to buy stuff for Christmas and now that (the shooting happened.)
Andy Pieke of the South African Police said the six robbers fled in five vehicles: "The police rushed to scene and managed to arrest one of the suspects on the scene, he was found in possesion of a firearm which through investigations it was found that it was stolen in Johannesburg during September this year."
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