Daily News reports that police investigations into a cash-in-transit (CIT) robbery in the south of Durban in which a suspect apparently committed suicide are continuing.

Police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Netshiunda reported that a CIT security guard had just collected money from a store at a mall along Seadoone Road in Doonside and was walking towards the armoured vehicle when he was accosted by two suspects who robbed him of the money bag at gunpoint. The suspects fled the scene in a vehicle, which was later spotted on Matilika Road towards Felekisi. Police gave chase and the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle hitting a wall just outside his home. “The suspect was declared dead on the scene and preliminary investigation revealed that he succumbed to a gunshot wound from his firearm which was found lying next to him. It is suspected that he committed suicide in order to evade imminent arrest. Investigations further revealed that the suspect was an employee of a security company and the firearm which was found at the scene belonged to that company,” Netshiunda indicated. Cash taken during the robbery was also recovered in the suspect's vehicle.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Thobeka Ngema at Daily News

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