Robbery suspects killed in Springfield shootout

The police's Nqobile Gwala says the gang of armed robbers approached security guards at a shopping centre in Umgeni Road - when they were collecting cash from a shop.

"This morning, at 05h10, the security guards went to pick up money in one of the centres in Springfield when they were accosted by a group of armed suspects. At gunpoint, they took one cash box. There was a shootout between the suspects and police. At this stage - one suspect was shot and died at the scene," she says. 

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The rest of the robbers then fled the scene towards Parlock - north of the city - where another shootout ensured.

A further four suspects were shot dead. Two suspects are in custody, while a third is in a critical condition in hospital.

Officers say police are still trying to track down one suspect in Parlock.

It's understood all the cash boxes taken in the robbery have been recovered.

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Emergency services say at least five bystanders have also been hurt in the ordeal - including two who sustained gunshot wounds.

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