By Enyichukwu Enemanna
Barely 24 hours after a catastrophic fire incident that left 74 people dead in a rundown apartment complex in the city of Johannesburg, 18 suspects who specialize in robbing armoured vans carrying cash for banks have been killed.
Police on Friday announced that their top officials, including the national commissioner of police, the deputy commissioner and the head of the elite Hawks unit had visited the scene of the shootout in the Makhado municipality in the Limpopo province.
Police spokesperson Brig. Athlenda Mathe gave no more immediate information but local media reported that the 18 killed were in the gang of suspects.
Attacks on bullion vans is one of the violent crime in South Africa that regularly leads to deadly shootouts.
