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Five suspected bank robbers were killed in a shootout with police on the N14 highway at Ventersdorp on Monday afternoon.
Police spokesperson, Colonel Katlego Mogale, said a woman was also arrested at the scene.
She said police had received a tip-off about suspects in two vehicles who were planning to commit a robbery in or near Carletonville.
Mogale said an integrated team led by the police spotted the vehicles, a Toyota and VW Polo, driving around various banks.
She said as they left the Carletonville area, the team tactically proceeded to try and stop the suspects.
When they realised what was happening they opened fire on the law enforcement team that also included private security and Gauteng traffic authorities.
“In the ensuing shootout, five of the suspects (aged) between 25 and 35 were fatally wounded and a female suspect was arrested,” Mogale said.
She said the vehicles that they used were “positively linked” to three cases in Groblersdal, Secunda and Hercules.
#sapsHAWKS 5 Suspects, suspected to be behind bank-following robberies, were fatally wounded this afternoon, on the N14 Ventersdorp highway and a female suspect was arrested. Info was operationalised and the vehicles were observed in Carletonville driving around various banks.… pic.twitter.com/iI9USbjqlB
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