News24 reports that a shootout between cash-in-transit (CIT) security guards and a gang of armed robbers has left one suspect dead and two G4S guards wounded.

Police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Netshiunda said the robbery took place in Brakpan on Saturday. The van, with three security guards, was travelling on Lower Road when it was ambushed by the robbers. A shootout ensued. One suspect was fatally wounded whilst two security guards sustained gunshot wounds. Netshiunda said an unknown number of suspects fled the scene in multiple getaway vehicles with an undisclosed amount of money. Gauteng police have since launched a manhunt for the suspects.

• Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Cebelihle Mthethwa at News24

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