Springfield heist: Three bystanders injured in shootout
Three members of the public have been shot and wounded in a Durban gun battle that's left five suspected cash-in-transit robbers dead.
They were caught in the crossfire as police pursued the gang in Parlock - north of the city.
Cash-in-transit guards came under attack this morning at a shopping centre in on Umgeni Road in Springfield.
The police's Nqobile Gwala says officers were soon on the scene.
"A shootout took place between suspects and police which resulted in the death of one suspect. He died on scene. The chase continued to the Parlock area where the suspects continued to shoot at police. Police retaliated - fatally wounding four suspects," she says.
#SAPS Nqobile Gwala says one suspect, from the attempted Springfield cash in transit robbery, escaped in Parlock and remains at large #KZN pic.twitter.com/PFg4VAFSPu
— Jarryd Subroyen (@Jazz_Subs031) August 28, 2017
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Gwala says one suspect remains at large and police continue to search for him
Three of the suspects were arrested earlier in Springfield.
Four unlicensed firearms and the stolen cash boxes have also been recovered.
#SAPS are on the crime scene in Parlock where at least 4 suspects of an attempted cash in transit robbery have been shot dead #KZN pic.twitter.com/OaHn8LrpTe
— Jarryd Subroyen (@Jazz_Subs031) August 28, 2017
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