Eastern Cape police are searching for four dangerous prisoners who escaped whilst being escorted from Ngqamakwe police station to Wellington prison in Mthatha.
The four are Ntlantle Mvoko (23), Sonwabile Makhongo (25), Menzi Zekane (19), and Zwelithini Gibeni (24).
They were arrested on charges of armed robbery and illegal possession of unlicensed firearms.
Provincial police spokesperson, captain Ernest Sigobe, says it is alleged that they overpowered two police officers, disarmed them and drove off with the police vehicle.
The vehicle was later found abandoned along the N-2 outside Butterworth.
He says its alleged that after ditching the vehicle the escapees shot at a woman in a car in an attempt to hijack the vehicle.
Sigobe says the car hit a pole killing the woman.
He says the men hijacked another vehicle and remain at large.
Here are the pictures of the escapees, they are considered armed dangerous. If spotted contact the police.
