A sting operation in Khayelitsha erupted in violence, leaving eight suspects dead and five others in custody, as police thwarted a planned cash-in-transit robbery.
At least it didn’t end with a death at a funeral.
Several new details about that deadly “warzone” shootout in Rosettenville, Johannesburg that happened on Monday afternoon have come to light.
A CIT vehicle was ambushed by an unknown number of armed gunmen in Potsdam Road at the Shoprite Centre.
There were dramatic scenes on the N1 inbound at the N7 offramp in Goodwood, Cape Town, yesterday evening.
Prinsloo said security companies are throwing their guards and officers “to the wolves”, and also went after those who criticised the man alongside him, Lloyd Mtombeni.
A recently released video of dashcam footage from inside an armoured vehicle shows two security officers dodging bullets as they try to evade armed robbers.
If you’re behind the wheel of one of these vans, there is a massive target on your back, and that takes an emotional toll on a person.
A shootout ensued after police came across the active scene of a cash-in-transit robbery in Rustenburg on Thursday.