A 60-year-old traditional healer, allegedly linked to three suspects arrested in connection with a multiple shooting in Inanda, has died after a shootout with police on Thursday.
KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Brig Jay Naicker said Inanda detectives who found the bodies of five men in a RDP house in Amaoti on Wednesday followed leads which led them to a KwaMashu clinic on Thursday.
“Information led the team to a clinic in KwaMashu where three suspects were arrested. They were found in possession of eight rounds of ammunition.
“Further investigation led detectives to a house at Amaoti where police were met with gunfire. During a shootout, a 60-year-old man believed to be a traditional healer used by the suspects was fatally wounded,” said Naicker
The man was found in possession of a revolver with three rounds of ammunition.
Naicker said the arrested suspects, who are between 19 and 28 years old, are expected to appear before the Ntuzuma magistrate's court on Monday.
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Traditional healer killed in police shootout, three arrested for Inanda mass shooting
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A 60-year-old traditional healer, allegedly linked to three suspects arrested in connection with a multiple shooting in Inanda, has died after a shootout with police on Thursday.
KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Brig Jay Naicker said Inanda detectives who found the bodies of five men in a RDP house in Amaoti on Wednesday followed leads which led them to a KwaMashu clinic on Thursday.
“Information led the team to a clinic in KwaMashu where three suspects were arrested. They were found in possession of eight rounds of ammunition.
“Further investigation led detectives to a house at Amaoti where police were met with gunfire. During a shootout, a 60-year-old man believed to be a traditional healer used by the suspects was fatally wounded,” said Naicker
The man was found in possession of a revolver with three rounds of ammunition.
Naicker said the arrested suspects, who are between 19 and 28 years old, are expected to appear before the Ntuzuma magistrate's court on Monday.
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