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Two gunmen are shot dead in church by brother of South African rugby legend Joost van der ...

• https://www.dailymail.co, By AMELIA WYNNE

Two gunmen were shot dead by the brother of South African rugby legend Joost van der Westhuizen as they tried to rob a congregation during a church service.

The two robbers were killed and a third was possibly wounded when they stormed into the Querencia Ministries church in Wierda Park, Centurion, South Africa, on Sunday.

They then proceeded to try and rob members of the congregation at gunpoint. 

According to Netwerk24, the men were shot by Pieter van der Westhuizen, a congregant and the brother of South Africa's World Cup winning rugby great Joost van der Westhuizen.  

Scrum half Joost made 89 appearances in test matches for the national team, scoring 38 tries and starred in three Rugby World Cups. He died aged 45 in 2017 after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease. 

Ruan Heyns of the Community Emergency Response Team said that Pastor Kobus Erasmus and other worshippers were pushed around and pistol-whipped by the men.

At one point one of the robbers reportedly held a pistol to Erasmus' head. 

A 15-year-old boy was also reportedly grazed by a bullet.


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