Five men have been fatally wounded during a shootout with Durban Hawks members on the N2 freeway between Port Shepstone and Shelly Beach on Monday evening.
The DPCI members were following up information on a dangerous group of armed robbers that was traveling in a vehicle from the Eastern Cape towards Durban.
The driver of the vehicle ignored warnings to stop instead the occupants allegedly opened fire on the members resulting in a shootout and a high speed chase.
Shortly after, the suspect’s vehicle came to a standstill and all the five suspects were declared dead.
The five suspects have been positively linked to two cases of murder and robbery in Mpumalanga and Marian Hill (Durban). One assault rifle (AK47) and two unlicensed 9mm pistols, several cell phones and undisclosed amount of cash were confiscated.
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