Occupants of Quantum open fire on police, suspect shot in the face

05 May 2015 - 13:25 By Shaun Smillie

Gauteng Traffic Police on Tuesday shot a suspect and arrested three other men after they stopped a Quantum minibus during a routine stop and search on the R21 highway near the Olifantsfontein off-ramp. Gauteng Traffic Police spokeswoman Busaphi Nxumalo said the occupants of the vehicle opened fire on the police after it came to a stop.Police then returned fire.“One man was shot in the face and two were able to get away‚” said Nxumalo‚ adding that no police were injured in the exchange of fire that happened just before 10am.The injured man was taken to a nearby hospital. He is said to be in a critical condition.Police recovered two R4 assault rifles and a handgun.SAPS investigators on the scene on Tuesday morning were trying to establish if the suspects were on their way to commit a crime. - RDM News Wire, The Times(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));TembisaShootout on the R21 North near Olifantsfontein - traffic is heavily backed up approaching the scene – rather use the M57 Posted by Intelligence Bureau SA on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 ..

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