Timeslive reports that a security guard was killed and another injured in a shootout with robbers during a cash-in-transit heist near Madadeni‚ Newcastle‚ in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday.  

Police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Thulani Zwane said that a security company had been collecting money from a business when they come under fire.  “One man died at the scene while another sustained injuries. They took an undisclosed amount of cash and also robbed the security guard of his firearm‚” Zwane indicated.  The suspects fled the scene in their getaway vehicles.  The attack has prompted a police manhunt in the area.

• Read this report by Jeff Wicks in full at Timeslive

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