A TOURIST has been mugged on Table Mountain – by a man pretending to be an employee of the Table Mountain Cableway.
|||Staff Reporter
A TOURIST has been mugged on Table Mountain by a man who appears to have pretended to be an employee of Table Mountain Cableway company.
CEO Sabine Lehmann said today the mugging happened just before 6pm yesterday and the company was still viewing video footage to establish what had happened.
The tourist, a 21-year-old man from Durban, took the cablecar to the top of the mountain with five relatives before wandering away from them, Lehmann said.
The tourist was near Maclear’s Beacon when he was attacked. The thief made off with the man’s wallet, cellphone and camera.
“The family called on cableway staff for assistance, who immediately alerted the police,” Lehmann said. “Cellphone video footage shot by one of the family members prior to the incident shows the attacker was wearing black pants and a lime green shirt and was carrying a red bag.”
She said the tourist had mistaken the mugger for a guide employed by Cableway. This “alarmed” the company.
“We are hopeful that the cellphone footage will help the police make an arrest.
“We will be showing this footage to our staff in case they can assist the police in identifying the mugger,” she said.
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