Wanted suspect killed in shootout with police in Inanda
A suspect linked to a gang believed to have shot dead a police officer last week has been killed in a police shootout in Inanda, north of Durban on Tuesday afternoon.
This brings to five the number of suspects killed.
"It was a follow up investigation by Hawks members. They worked together with other stakeholders such Crime Intelligence and National Intervention Unit as well as private security," says KZN Hawks spokesperson Simphiwe Mhlongo.
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"They were looking for this suspect. Unfortunately, the suspect shot at police and the police shot back in self-defence and he was fatally wounded."
Mhlongo says the suspect and his group had been wanted for a string of murders committed in the Durban North area from last month.
Police closed in on the gang at a home in Ntuzuma's C-section last Tuesday.
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Four suspects and Warrant Officer Sthembiso Mazibuko died in that gun battle.
Another police officer was wounded.
Mazibuko, who was a member of the National Intervention Unit, was laid to rest in KwaMashu over weekend.
