Johannesburg – Police in Gauteng said nine suspected robbers were killed in a shootout with police during a foiled cash heist on Thursday.
A police tactical response team traced the group to an address in Sebokeng, Johannesburg, as the suspects were on their way to attack a vehicle carrying money in the morning, police said.
“A shootout ensued,” police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said. ”
A total of eight suspects were certified dead at the scene while the ninth suspect died in hospital”.
Eight suspected cash-in-transit robbers were shot dead during a shootout with Gauteng police in Sebokeng, south of Johannesburg.
The heist reportedly happened on Wednesday, April 6th, where two innocent bystanders were shot & killed, & an undisclosed amount of cash was stolen. pic.twitter.com/W391l10Oha
— Mamelodi Beacon (@MamelodiBeacon) April 6, 2023
Three others were wounded and had been taken for treatment at a nearby medical facility.
The group was believed to be behind a spate of cash heists on armoured security trucks in Gauteng and surrounding areas.
Six rifles, explosives “ready to be detonated” and four vehicles were seized at the scene, Mathe said.
Robbers often target vehicles transporting cash in crime-ridden South Africa.
Earlier this week, two bystanders were killed and one wounded after they were caught up in a robbery in Benoni, east of Johannesburg, and randomly shot at.
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Source: AFP
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