NATIONAL NEWS - One suspect has been shot dead, and three of his accomplices have been arrested during a shootout in Newlands East, KwaZulu-Natal.
Major Thulani Zwane said Newlands East police were patrolling around Newlands doing their normal crime prevention duties yesterday when they saw a suspicious-looking vehicle with nine occupants.
Police tried to stop the vehicle, but the occupants jumped out and allegedly shot at the members, Zwane added.
The suspects ran towards the nearby bushes while shooting at the police, who retaliated, and one suspect was fatally shot, and three suspects were arrested, said Zwane.
Two unlicensed firearms, an AK47 rifle and a pistol were recovered from the suspects.
The arrested suspects, aged between 24 and 28, will appear in the Newlands Magistrates’ Court soon facing charges of possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition.
The recovered firearms would be sent for ballistics tests to establish if they had been used in any other crimes in the country, added Zwane.
KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner Lieutenant-General Mmamonnye Ngobeni regrets the attack on police.
Police tried to stop the vehicle, but the occupants jumped out and allegedly shot at the members, Zwane added.
The suspects ran towards the nearby bushes while shooting at the police, who retaliated, and one suspect was fatally shot, and three suspects were arrested, said Zwane.
Two unlicensed firearms, an AK47 rifle and a pistol were recovered from the suspects.
The arrested suspects, aged between 24 and 28, will appear in the Newlands Magistrates’ Court soon facing charges of possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition.
The recovered firearms would be sent for ballistics tests to establish if they had been used in any other crimes in the country, added Zwane.
KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner Lieutenant-General Mmamonnye Ngobeni regrets the attack on police.
