This is the moment a security guard cheats death as he dodges gunfire during a shoot-out after he chased a pair of crooks through a residential street.
In incredible footage, the armed officer can be seen ducking for cover as repeated gunshots hail towards him after he attempted to track down a group of robbers in Umhlanga, a coastal resort town north of Durban in South Africa on Tuesday morning.
He is then attacked at point-blank range by gunmen but remarkably survives, forcing the robbers to flee from the scene of the 'attempted murder'.
The officer had pursued the suspects before pulling over in front of them to prevent them driving off in the quiet street.
He then got out of his car to accost the suspects, who also jump out of their vehicle before launching the attack.
