{
  "id": 13098366,
  "title": "Shopkeeper pistol-whipped as armed robbers steal cash and cigarettes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/shopkeeper-pistol-whipped-as-armed-robbers-steal-cash-and-cigarettes",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T10:38:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-10-09-shopkeeper-pistol-whipped-as-armed-robbers-steal-cash-and-cigarettes/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A suspected armed robber has been arrested in Bohlokong, Free State, after two masked men allegedly attacked a foreign national businessman, striking him on the head with a firearm before fleeing with cash and 76 packets of cigarettes.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}