Spanish and Portuguese journalists robbed at gunpoint
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
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Two Portuguese and one Spanish journalists were robbed at gunpoint in their lodge in Magaliesburg on Wednesday morning.
The journalists, who are in South Africa to cover the World Cup that begins Friday, are staying in a three-bedroom chalet at the Nutbush Boma lodge.
In the early hours of the morning the two robbers broke into the chalet and pointed a gun at the one journalist who was awake and ordered him to lie down.
The robbers thereafter removed their passports, clothes, laptops, cameras and other items of value.
Mercifully two of the journalists slept through the whole thing.
Police say they have good leads and are hoping to make an early arrest. They also believe that the lodge should strengthen its security.
Fortunately no-one was physically harmed by the attack.
Location of Gauteng within South Africa
Three foreign journalists in South Africa have been robbed at gunpoint while they slept in their chalet in , . The reporters were in South Africa to cover the , a football competition which starts on June 11.

Police spokesman Hangwani Mulaudzi confirmed that two gunmen broke into the journalists' lodgings during the early hours of the morning.  One of the journalists woke during the break-in and was forced to lie on the floor by one of the suspects.  Laptops and cameras were stolen, along with the reporters' passports. 

The  reported that two of the journalists were Portuguese and another was from Spain.  None of the journalists were harmed during the incident. 

Thousands of police officers have been organised for the World Cup. Around 350,000 fans are due to visit South Africa during the tournament.