On 06 January 2018 at about 12:00 the victim was at Riverside Mall Nelspruit doing window shopping when she was allegedly approached by a black male and female who introduced themselves as police officials by producing their appointment cards. One of the two suspects suddenly produced a knife, threatened her and demanded her handbag. Her handbag was searched and cash to the value of R2900 and a Huawei cell-phone was robbed. Video footage of the suspects was obtained from Riverside Mall security control room. The suspects on the footage are unknown to the victim and the security officials in the mall.