DURBAN – Police in Inanda have opened four counts of attempted murder on police officers as well as inquest dockets after two suspects were fatally wounded in a shootout with police officers at Amatikwe area in Inanda on Monday evening.
Four police officers were on duty, doing routine patrols in a marked police vehicle along Mafukuzela Highway when they spotted a vehicle with no rear registration plate. Police officers instructed the vehicle to pull over but the driver defied police’s orders and drove off. Police gave chase and before they knew it, the men of law found themselves under gunfire coming from the occupants of the vehicle.
The tactically ready police officers returned fire and the driver lost control of the vehicle and it crashed. The driver and one passenger got out of the vehicle and fled on foot. Upon inspection of the vehicle, three men were found inside the vehicle with gunshot wounds. Two of them were certified dead at the scene whereas the other was rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds. A double barrel shotgun and two pistols were found in possession of the suspects. A manhunt is underway for the two men who evaded arrest.
Relevant role players including the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) were summoned to the scene for further investigations.
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