The suspects fired shots at officers attached to the Rapid Rail Response Unit after they cornered their vehicle at a filling station.
A man who was wanted in connection with a case of murder which he had allegedly committed at KwaNdengezi in July and his two accomplices were shot dead during a shootout with police on Thursday evening.
KZN police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda says officers from the Rapid Rail Response Unit operationalised intelligence and tracked the suspects who were cornered at a fuel station in Mariannhill. “When the police approached the identified vehicle, suspects fired shots at the police, provoking a retaliation from the men of law.”
“After the shootout, three suspects; aged 20, 29 and 31 years old, were found to have sustained fatal gunshot wounds and no police officer was injured.”He adds a case of attempted murder of police officers and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition were opened. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate were summoned to the scene for further investigations.
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