Five murder suspects were fatally wounded in a shootout with police at Bhucanana area in the Ntambanana policing precinct on the evening on Saturday, 15 July 2023.
Officers from the Provincial Taxi Violence Task Team were acting on intelligence when they spotted a vehicle which matched the description of a sedan which the suspects were traveling in.
Police introduced themselves and ordered the suspects’ vehicle to stop but the suspects sped off and a high speed chase ensued.
The driver of the suspects’ vehicle lost control and the vehicle collided with a fence and before the police knew it, they were under gunfire from the suspects.
The tactically astute Task Team officers returned fire and a shootout ensued.
Five suspects were fatally wounded during the shootout and two firearms were found in their possession.
The deceased suspects were sought in connection with a murder of a 31-year-old man who was shot and killed in the morning of 1 July 2023 at a taxi rank in Ndlangubo area in Eshowe.
The suspects reportedly went to the taxi rank and demanded money which was collected earlier that day. Shots were fired and the victim was shot. He was declared dead at the scene and a firearm was found next to his body.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate were informed for further investigations.
