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    Andre van Zijl, a 63-year-old cyclist from Knysna, used a taser to shock two men who tried to rob him at knifepoint while he was cycling in Cape Town. This is the third reported robbery of a cyclist in the city in less than a week. When the two men with knives demanded van Zijl's bike, he refused and instead tasered both men, leaving them in agony. Van Zijl feels it is time for cyclists to start standing up to criminals instead of being victims. He has tasered seven would-be criminals and advocates for self-defense.

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    Andre van Zijl, a 63-year-old cyclist from Knysna, used a taser to shock two men who tried to rob him at knifepoint while he was cycling in Cape Town. This is the third reported robbery of a cyclist in the city in less than a week. When the two men with knives demanded van Zijl's bike, he refused and instead tasered both men, leaving them in agony. Van Zijl feels it is time for cyclists to start standing up to criminals instead of being victims. He has tasered seven would-be criminals and advocates for self-defense.

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    Two Armed Robbers Get The Shock of Their Lives From Cyclist'S Taser

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    Andre van Zijl, a 63-year-old cyclist from Knysna, used a taser to shock two men who tried to rob him at knifepoint while he was cycling in Cape Town. This is the third reported robbery of a cyclist in the city in less than a week. When the two men with knives demanded van Zijl's bike, he refused and instead tasered both men, leaving them in agony. Van Zijl feels it is time for cyclists to start standing up to criminals instead of being victims. He has tasered seven would-be criminals and advocates for self-defense.

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    TWoarmedrobbers getthe shock of their livesfrom cyclist's taser

    Caryn Dolley
    RECORD-BREAKING activist Andre van Zijl doesnot shy away from a challenge and says when two men with knives tried to rob him of his bicycle near the city centre he taseredthem. Van Zijl, 63, originally from Bellville and now living in Knysna, is the third cyclist around the city to be reportedly targeted by criminals in less than a week. "I'm not a victim. It's time we retaliated," he said yesterday Van Zijl had been cycling from a restaurant in the V&A Waterfront to a city centre hotel at 10pm on Monday when he said two men with knives accosted him near a traflic circle. "They said: 'Give me your bike.' I said: 'No, you can havemy cellphone'." Van Zijl then pulled out an electroshock weapon that looks like a cellphone and "zapped" both men by holding it to their necks. He left them "in agony" and cycledoff "merrily". On Thursday a cyclist from FYesnaye was robbed of his bicycle by two men, one of whom had a gun, on Kloofnek Road.On Saturday Benjamin Bungartz, of Hout Bay was robbed of his bicycle at gun and knifepoint by three men on the Karbonkelberg. Yesterday Van ZijI said he felt it was time cyclists stood up to criminals. He said Monday night's incident brought to

    TAKINGCHARGE: AndrevanZijl,of Knysna, sayshetasered two menwhotriedto rob himof hisbicycle at knifepoint nearthe city centre. Heis the thirdcyclist to betargeted bycriminals in fived'ays. Picture: COU RTN EYAF RICA
    seven the number of would-be criminals he had tasered, Yan ZijI said he bought the vreapon about three months ago when, in a challenge to raise funds and awareness for children with HIV/Aids, he spent more than 300hours in a jacl'tzzi -at Fourways Mall in Joburg. Intoxicated people tried to get into the jacuzzi and this had prompted him to get the weapon. Van Zijl has broken several records to raise awareness and funds for HIV Yan ZyI, who went to Joburg yesterday said while there he wouldattempt to talk non-stop on a phone for 50 hours. caryn. doI h y @inl.co. za

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