Wednesday, January 31, 2024 – Three suspected gang members were gunned down during a police shootout in La Mercy, north of Durban, on Wednesday morning.
KZN police spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker said police
received intelligence that a group involved in serious crimes including murders
committed in the Inanda area were hiding at the Lungelani Informal Settlement
in La Mercy.
He said a team comprising of various police disciplines
including members of the Hawks descended on the location.
“Realising that they were surrounded, the suspects opened
fire at the police and a shootout ensued.
“Three suspects were fatally wounded during the shootout and
two pistols were found in the possession of the suspects.”
It is believed that other members of the group managed to
escape during the shooting.”
Naicker said the operation continues in search of other
suspects who have been terrorising the residents of KwaZulu-Natal and “police
will stop at nothing in the execution of their Constitutional mandate of
combatting, preventing and investigating crime.”
There have been several shootouts between criminals and
police during the latter part of last year.
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