ANA reports that police said on Monday that a police officer and eight suspects were killed in shootouts after police foiled a planned ATM bombing in the Hammarsdale Industrial area, near Durban.  

In an incident which began on Sunday night and continued through to Monday morning, the SAPS NIU and K9 units responded to information about a possible ATM bombing that was going to take place.  Police spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker said:  “Our members confronted the suspects, and they were met with gunfire during which a 44-year-old Warrant Officer from the National Intervention Unit was tragically shot dead.  The suspects fled the scene on foot, but they were later found in the nearby bushes, where another shootout with police took place.  Three suspects were fatally wounded during this exchange of gunfire.”  A second group of suspects were tracked down to a homestead in the Mophela area and in another exchange of gunfire, a further five suspects were fatally wounded.

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