Police shoot five armed suspects in Inanda during violent crime crackdown
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KwaZulu-Natal police have killed five suspects in two separate incidents in the Inanda township north of Durban on Friday.
Provincial police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda stated that in both incidents, police responded to shots fired at them by the armed suspects.
Netshiunda said in the first incident, police operationalised intelligence about the whereabouts of a wanted suspect in the area. They then managed to corner the suspect along the Etafuleni main road.
'The suspect opened fire at police officers, and a shootout ensued. During the shootout, the suspect, who was wanted for murder, three counts of attempted murder, and for business robbery, was shot and fatally wounded,' said Netshiunda.
According to Netshiunda, the suspect was found in possession of a firearm.
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Detailing the events that unfolded in the second incident, Netshiunda said police followed up on intelligence about suspects who were wanted for murder, attempted murder, and house robberies in and around Inanda.
He said the police then pounced on the suspects at the cottages on Dr Langalibalele Road in Inanda.
According to Netshiunda, when the suspects saw the police, they started shooting at them, and the officers retaliated.
'After the shootout, four suspects were found to have sustained fatal gunshot wounds,' he said.
Three firearms, whose serial numbers had been filed off, were found in the possession of the suspects, he added.
No police officer was injured during either of the shootout incidents.
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