{"id":269518,"date":"2025-09-03T22:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/nude-gunman-causes-chaos-outside-western-cape-high-court\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T13:55:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T11:55:50","slug":"nude-gunman-causes-chaos-outside-western-cape-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/nude-gunman-causes-chaos-outside-western-cape-high-court\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Nude gunman causes chaos outside Western Cape High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-warning-scenes-of-nudity\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f80707\" class=\"has-inline-color\">WARNING: SCENES OF NUDITY<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A gun-wielding naked man caused much drama near the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town today (Wednesday 3 September), before being overpowered and arrested by police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In videos of the incident, being shared widely on social media, the man can be seen standing on the sidewalk opposite the courthouse in just his birthday suit, holding the firearm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"516\" data-attachment-id=\"269520\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/nude-gunman-causes-chaos-outside-western-cape-high-court\/screengrabnakedmanwithgun\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/screengrabnakedmanwithgun.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"603,516\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"screengrabnakedmanwithgun\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A screencrab from a video in which the nude suspect can be seen standing on the sidewalk near the Western Cape High Court &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A screencrab from a video in which the nude suspect can be seen standing on the sidewalk near the Western Cape High Court &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/screengrabnakedmanwithgun.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/screengrabnakedmanwithgun.jpg\" alt=\"A screencrab from a video in which the nude suspect can be seen standing on the sidewalk near the Western Cape High Court\" class=\"wp-image-269520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/screengrabnakedmanwithgun.jpg 603w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/screengrabnakedmanwithgun-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A screencrab from a video in which the nude suspect can be seen standing on the sidewalk near the Western Cape High Court <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to police spokesperson Lt Col Malcolm Pojie, police officers responded to complaints of the nude man at about 13:00. 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