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Members of a Western Cape police task team tracking an extortion gang shot and killed four people in a gunbattle in Cape Town on Thursday night.
Provincial police spokesperson, Brigadier Novella Potelwa, said the shooting occurred when task team members pounced on the suspects who were driving in a mini-bus in Milnerton.
“As a result, four suspects were shot dead and four others were seriously wounded.
“The wounded suspects all from Cape Town aged 23, 30, 34, and 38 are under police guard in a medical facility.
“Four firearms and rounds of ammunition were seized from the vehicle the suspects were travelling in,” Potelwa said.
She said police reports indicate that as the members were following the suspects, they came under fire from the occupants which led to police shooting back.
#sapsWC An operation by a Western Cape task team following intelligence about #wanted alleged extortionists led to a shootout between the police and the suspects who were driving in a minibus on Thursday evening in Milnerton. Four suspects were shot and killed and four other… pic.twitter.com/rRxAO5pNBD
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