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.
The death of Shafiq Nassar comes almost a year after his cousin Abdel Fattah Nassar was also shot and killed in a gun battle near the V&A Waterfront.
Several new details about that deadly “warzone” shootout in Rosettenville, Johannesburg that happened on Monday afternoon have come to light.
The frightening shootout, which has been described as a “warzone” by eyewitnesses and a “hostage drama” by paramedics on the scene, killed eight people and injured many, including four officers.
In the latest Chatsworth gangland incident, Teddy Mafia’s son-in-law survived a daring attempted assassination on Wednesday morning.
Another day, another crime syndicate busted. After seven men robbed a house, they found themselves targeted by the local SAPS provincial team.