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A bag thief paid with his life after he was shot dead by his victim as he tried to escape in a getaway car.
CCTV footage shows the robber with his loot running towards the open back door of a car.
A man armed with a gun is running after him determined to get his property back.
Just as the bag snatcher got into the car, he is shot and the man fell out on to the pavement as the car sped away.
The incident took place in the car park of the Cycad Shopping Centre in Polokwane in the north-eastern South Africa which borders
Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
In the video, a silver car is seen reversing from a car park spot as a man in orange trousers runs towards it, seemingly clutching a bag under his left arm.