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Woman opens fire on THREE armed robbers in her home while her boyfriend sleeps...                                                                                                   

This is the moment one brave South African woman grabbed her gun and confronted three armed robbers who had broken into her home and sent them running with two shots - all while her boyfriend slept.

Driekie Croucamp, 39, was woken by a noise and initially thought her boyfriend, Craven Coetzee, was just making food in the kitchen of their Port Elizabeth home. 

But when she heard it again, she decided to investigate.That's when Croucamp, gun in hand, went into the hallway and saw a man coming up the stairs.

'I think I screamed "freeze!" and all of a sudden he came at me with a knife,' she told the Herald Port Elizabeth.

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This is the moment Drieckie Croucamp grabbed her gun and confronted three armed robbers who had broken into her home and sent them running with two shots

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Croucamp, 39, was woken by a noise and thought her boyfriend, Craven Coetzee (pictured grabbing his gun after hearing the first shot), was just making food in the kitchen of their Port Elizabeth, South Africa home

By the time Croucamp fired a second shot, all three men had jumped out of the window they used to break into the home. 

The first gun shot woke up Coetzee, who grabbed the revolver he sleeps with every night and ran to check on Croucamp. 

Coetzee, 42, then pushed the home's panic button and turned off the lights, in case the men were still nearby and could see inside the home, before making sure the other rooms were clear. 

Eastern Cape police spokesperson Alwin Lebans said the men stole Croucamp's purse, which contained an undisclosed amount of cash and her bank cards, he told News24. 

Lebans said no one was injured in the incident and that the police were investigating a case of robbery and the attempted murder. 

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The three men can be seen in the chilling footage captured by Coetzee and Croucamp's surveillance video, which filmed them walking around the couple's home for nearly 20 minutes early Tuesday morning

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After listening for sounds in the hallway, the men walked into the kitchen, according to the captions included in the video Coetzee posted on YouTube, and armed themselves with knives and wire 

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One of the men can then be see walking in the direction of Croucamp's room, clutching her purse, before he seems to hear something and turn away

In the chilling footage captured by Coetzee and Croucamp's surveillance video, the men can be seen walking around the couple's home for nearly 20 minutes early Tuesday morning. 

The three men can be seen walking slowly through the hallway where Croucamp would later come running through, cautiously listening for sounds before they head into the kitchen. 

Coetzee captioned in his video, posted on YouTube, that it was there the men armed themselves with more knives as well as wire and an electric cable, which he believed they were going to use 'to tie us up with no doubt'. 

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He then beckons the other two men down the stairs (pictured), where they remain for 10 minutes before venturing back to the hallway - not knowing that, this time, Croucamp will be waiting 

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'I think I screamed "freeze!" and all of a sudden he came at me with a knife,' Croucamp said about the moment she saw one of the men in the hallway. That's when she fired two shots and sent them out the window 

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Coetzee, 42, then pushed the home's panic button and turned off the lights, in case the men were still nearby and could see inside the home, before making sure the other rooms were clear

One of the men can then be see walking in the direction of Croucamp's room, clutching her purse, before he seems to hear something and turn away, beckoning the other two men down the staircase. 

After 10 minutes pass the men try to return to the hallway, but this time Croucamp is there. And she makes sure they don't get any further. 

One bullet hit the wall of the hallway, and the other hit a glass window.  

Croucamp, who sleeps in a separate room from Coetzee because he takes calls at all hours of the night for his work, said it was scary to see that the men had gone through 'all the house' before she confronted them. 

But Coetzee, who said the home's alarm system had been disabled at the time of the attack, praised his girlfriend for keeping calm during the situation, he told Algoa FM.  

'She didn't panic, she didn't freak out,' he said. 

'Those guys are exceptionally lucky they didn't get killed, they really are