Overview
- Police said five suspects were fatally shot in a gun battle at Bester in Inanda on Thursday morning, with weapons recovered at the scene.
- Authorities said the group was believed to be wanted for murder, attempted murder and armed robbery.
- Two suspects linked to the Ezimangweni attack were killed in a separate shootout at Amaoti after five others were arrested in that case.
- KZN police reported another confrontation earlier in the week in the Margate area in which two suspects carrying AK-47s were shot dead.
- In Johannesburg, a man was killed and his two-year-old son wounded in Fordsburg, and the Provincial Police Tracing Team is pursuing two suspects.