A dramatic assassination attempt on a man sprayed with bullets by a machine gun hidden behind the rear license plate of a parked car yesterday was foiled by the target's bulletproof Mercedes. In scenes which could have been taken straight from James Bond, the vehicle where the weapon was hidden burst into flames straight after opening fire on Radovan Krejcir, a Czech fugitive living in Johannesburg. South African police say it was a possible attempt on the life of a man who has been linked to underworld figures in his adopted home. Rodovan Krejcir stands in front of the stolen red VW Polo which had been modified with a dozen gun barrels to pepper him with bullets as he got into his car outside his gold and diamonds pawn shop in Johannesburg
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'All my life is like James Bond stuff,' says target Radovan Krejcir
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He is a check fugitive living in Johannesburg linked to underworld figures
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Car burst into flames as soon as it ended the attack, destroying evidence
The episode is the one of the most outlandish chapters yet in the long saga of the underworld in @placeholder, where turf battles over drugs, fraud schemes and other spoils often turn deadly.