By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
Six suspects have been killed following a shoot-out in Inanda, north of Durban, in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Fullview understands the suspects were shot at a house in Emachobeni.
SA Police Service spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker said information about the whereabouts of the suspects wanted for a spate of house robberies, murders, business robbery and carjacking led them to the house.
“Intelligence led the police to a house in Emachobeni in Inanda. Upon announcing their arrival, the suspects responded with a hail of bullets towards the police and the men of the law returned fire. After the shootout, six suspects were found to have suffered fatal gunshot wounds and three more suspects, two men and a 31-year-old woman, were arrested.”
“One police officer was grazed with a bullet on the hand,” said Naicker.
Naicker said two rifles and a shotgun were found in the possession of the suspects, as well as a vehicle that was hijacked at KwaDabeka in December 2023.
“The arrested suspects will be presented before court soon.”
Police Minister, General Bheki Cele is expected to visit the Inanda police station for a full briefing on the shoot-out and other crime-related matters that have unfolded in the KZN province in the past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, police have made a major breakthrough and arrested four people in connection with the murder of Hawks police officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Sikhetho Mawila.
Mawila’s remains were found in an open field in Tsakane, Ekurhuleni, last week.
Police said the suspects aged between 23 and 44 were handcuffed in the early hours of Wednesday morning by the Hawks, Gauteng Traffic’s Special Law Enforcement Unit, and Ekurhuleni Metro Police’s Saturation Task Team.