2 suspected robbers killed in police shootout after CIT heist in Free State
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Two suspected robbers were killed in a shootout with police in Gauteng on Saturday morning after being tracked from the Free State following a cash-in-transit robbery.
Two suspected robbers were killed in a shootout with police in Gauteng on Saturday morning after being tracked from the Free State following a cash-in-transit robbery.
This came after tactical response team (TRT) officers received information from their Free State counterparts about suspects who were travelling to Soweto following a CIT robbery in Virginia on Friday.
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Shortly after officers had spotted a vehicle matching the description, the suspects allegedly started shooting at police. Officers retaliated, killing two of the suspects.
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