PORT ELIZABETH - HOUSE ROBBERIES IN SUMMERSTRAND, CENTRAL AND WALMER THIS WEEKEND

HOUSE robbers struck three homes in Port Elizabeth this weekend, robbing residents of cellphones, electronics and other valuable items.

In one incident, a 30-year-old woman was woken up in her Castle Hill home, in Central, at around 2.30am, when two men entered her house through a broken bathroom window.

Police spokesman Warrant Officer Alwin Labans said it was unclear if the men were armed or not, but they threatened the homeowner’s life.

They fled with a cellphone, laptop and various items of clothing.

Also during the early hours of Saturday, a 21-year-old woman from Summestrand woke up to find two men in her Bulbring Street home.

After threatening the woman, they fled the house with her cellphone.

A third incident on Saturday night saw a man from Dlamini Street, Walmer Township, robbed of a television.

According to Labans, the complainant, 51, was watching television when three armed men, one with a rifle and two with pistols, came into the house.

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