One police officer was shot dead, while two Fidelity guards and two bystanders were wounded during a cash-in-transit robbery in Hillbrow, Johannesburg earlier on Thursday.
Police said in a statement that several unknown suspects attacked and fired shots at a parked cash-in-transit vehicle and fled the scene, taking an undisclosed amount of money.
SAPS Hillbrow Cluster members and the Johannesburg Metro Police Department responded and pursued the getaway vehicles. A shootout between the police and the suspects ensued.
"During the shootout a member of the South African Police Service was fatally wounded," police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Brenda Muridili said.
Fidelity CEO Wahl Bartmann confirmed to News24 that two of their guards had been shot and wounded during the robbery.
Bartmann said the guards went to pick up money at a shop in Hillbrow when they were robbed.
Six suspects have since been arrested - two of whom were also wounded in the shootout.
HILLBROW BE A MES RIGHT NOW DAMMNN ?? pic.twitter.com/nxNZYe0lBP
— #CHEDDAR (@mlue_jay) June 21, 2018
Scenes in Hillbrow! #VisionTactical responded to a CIT shooting incident. SWAT members & intervention units still on scene. pic.twitter.com/mKYno3tyL5
— Vision Tactical (@visiontactical) June 21, 2018
@BhekokwakheCele @AdvBarryRoux CIT heist minutes ago in Hillbrow.20 minutes no police on https://t.co/D1Yh02Tdix policeman giving chase in a SAPS BMW shot dead. pic.twitter.com/HJJWBPqjH1
— SlumDawg (@SlumDawg44) June 21, 2018
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