WATCH | Suspected CIT robber killed in shoot-out with security personnel in Mpumalanga

An alleged cash-in-transit robber was shot dead and another injured in a shoot-out between security personnel and a group of men near White River in Mpumalanga which was caught on camera.

The incident, where several shots were fired, was recorded on cellphone by an eyewitness on Thursday afternoon in what seems like a deserted part of the road.

“Preliminary reports indicate that an unidentified number of suspects were involved in the armed group that attacked a cash van in an apparent attempt to rob the guards but fled the scene during a shoot-out with the security personnel,” Mpumalanga police spokesperson Brig Donald Mdhluli said.

In a short video, robbers in a Ford Ranger bakkie are seen exchanging fire with security personal. The bakkie was later found abandoned in Swalala near Masoyi, also in Mpumalanga.

Mdhluli said two rifles were recovered at the scene.

“It is important to note that, according to our initial investigations, no money was stolen.”

Acting provincial Mpumalanga police commissioner Maj-Gen Zeph Mkhwanazi commended the officers involved in this incident. 

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