GAUTENG. – Three alleged transit robbers were shot dead on Friday during a shootout with police. Three civilians were injured when the suspects' vehicle collided with two other vehicles on the N12. The injured were taken to hospital for medical treatment.
Col. Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi, police spokesperson, says a team of law enforcers investigated information about a group of suspects who were allegedly on their way to commit a robbery in Roodepoort. A white Mercedes-Benz was spotted on Kliprivier Road. When police attempted to stop the vehicle at a traffic light, the occupants allegedly fired at officers, who returned fire. The vehicle lost control and collided with two other vehicles. All three suspects in the Mercedes-Benz were declared dead at the scene.
Two AK-47 assault rifles, various ammunition and magazines were found in the vehicle. The second vehicle, a white Audi, was later located in Johannesburg's city centre and two suspects were taken into custody.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
