A heroic cash-in-transit driver who earned viral fame for keeping his cool when his armoured truck came under attack in South Africa has been placed under protective guard after receiving death threats.
Leo Prinsloo, 48, a former police sniper and 12-year veteran of the elite South African Police Service Special Task Force, earned worldwide fame after footage of the failed heist was published online.
But Deon Coetzee, managing director of Mr Prinsloo’s employer Fortis Pro Active Defence Solutions, told News24 the former cop had received death threats following the media attention.
He said the company had assigned a protective security detail to Mr Prinsloo and his family.
“Because of whoever is behind the organised crime, (Mr Prinsloo) has received death threats on his life, so we are just taking it seriously,” Mr Coetzee said on Wednesday.
Mr Prinsloo and his partner Lloyd Mtombeni came under a hail of gunfire from two…