The heist occurred on Wednesday on Putfontein Road in Crystal Park.
JOHANNESBURG - Eight suspected cash-in-transit robbers were shot dead during a shootout with Gauteng police in Sebokeng, south of Johannesburg.This followed a cash-in-transit heist on Putfontein Road in Crystal Park on Wednesday, where two innocent bystanders were shot and killed, and an undisclosed amount of cash stolen.
“Major-General Mthombeni, the acting provincial commissioner of Gauteng, is at the scene,” said police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe. “These suspects are believed to be behind a spate of cash-in-transit heists in Gauteng and surrounding areas.”
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