Three suspected cash-in-transit robbers killed in Pretoria police shootout

Three men suspected of involvement in an attempted cash-in-transit robbery were killed in a shootout with police on the R80 in northern Pretoria on Monday, 28 September, Gauteng police said.

Police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi said officers exchanged fire with the group. A fourth suspect was injured and arrested, and firearms were recovered, according to TimesLIVE’s report of her account.

Eyewitness News reported that police believed the men were attempting to rob a cash-in-transit vehicle. It said the circumstances in which the exchange of gunfire began were not yet clear. eNCA separately reported the three deaths, one arrest and recovery of firearms, also citing Nevhuhulwi.

The men have been described as suspects. Police had not released their identities or announced charges against the arrested person in the accounts available by Monday evening.