Search for suspects in deadly Kranskop supermarket robbery
There is fear among residents in Kranskop in the Umzinyathi District after one of the busiest supermarkets in town was targeted in a brazen robbery in full view of customers.
More than a dozen suspects entered the Siyabonga Powertrade on Saturday afternoon.
A source close to the case says 18 suspects entered the supermarket and then split up to different sections of the store.
Some of them instructed a manager to empty about 20 tills - two other robbers approached another manager and ordered him to open the safe.
The second manager pulled out a firearm. Two suspects were killed in an exchange of fire while a customer who was caught in the crossfire was wounded.
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According to the source, the remaining suspects escaped with cash only from the tills.
It's understood the family of one of the two suspects who were killed have come forward to positively identify them.
Police have urged anyone with information to come forward to assist them in the case.