A businessman who has shot in the chest by armed raiders during a robbery in South Africa was saved when the gunman's bullet deflect off his mobile phone.

Siraaj Abrahams, 41, was ambushed as he pulled up outside his house in Cape Town by two masked men who tried to pull him out of his vehicle.

During the fracas, a 9mm bullet was fired at close range towards Mr Abraham's chest.

Siraaj Abrahams shows off the hole in his jacket where the bullet struck him but deflected off his mobile phone

However, it miraculous hit off his Huawei P8 Lite smartphone, which he had stowed away in his jacket pocket.

Eventually the raiders ran off with just £15 in cash and even though Mr Abrahams was shaken - he was unhurt thanks to his mobile phone.

Now all he has to show for his 'near death experience' is a tiny mark on his chest and a hole in his jacket where the bullet struck.

The drama unfolded as the father-of-five was returning home from a birthday party in his Hyundai pick-up truck.

As he waited for his electric fence to open, the two men pounced on him, trying to pull him out of his vehicle.

But Mr Abrahams decided to fight back, and that is when the weapon was discharged.

The bullet miraculously hit off his Huawei P8 Lite smartphone, pictured, which he had stowed away in his jacket pocket

Despite the phone saving Mr Abrahams' life, an ECG report revealed that his heart had stopped for a few seconds after the shot was fired

He told the Daily Voice: 'I didn't even see it coming; the first one just pulled open the door. He pulled me out of the bakkie (truck) and we began to struggle.

'During the struggle, he second was, who was two metres away, fired a shot at me.'

Mr Abrahams 16-year-old daughter, who was returning home from a friend's house, found her father lying on the driveway outside his car.

He added: 'When I woke, I just felt this burning feeling over my chest and felt to see where it was and if there was blood.'

The 41-year-old was then rushed to hospital where an ECG report estimated Mr Abrahams' heart had stopped for a few seconds after the shot was fired.

And his stunned wife Shamiela, 41, says her husband had been saved by an act of 'divine intervention'.

Police are now investigating the attack and say that the two suspects are still at large. Pictured is his damaged phone

She said: 'We said Allah is great, because this is all God's work, everything had to happen the way it did.

'We received an ECG report that showed he had flatlined for a few seconds.'

Police are now investigating the attack and say that the two suspects are still at large.

Meanwhile phone manufacturer Huawei has sent Mr Abrahams a brand new P9 Lite to replace his damaged phoe.

Huawei sub-Saharan Africa marketing director Hawa Hyath said: 'We had a similar story in Africa a few years ago where a media pad received a bullet wheile a researcher was conducting his field work.