Deadly church shoot-out after 5 S.African police killed
Johannesburg, (MILLAT ONLINE):Seven suspects accused of killing five South African policemen were shot dead by officers late on Friday in a bloody
gunfight outside a church, according to investigators.
The shoot-out erupted when police hunted down the armed gang that is alleged to have stormed a police
station in Eastern Cape province and killed five officers and a retired soldier on Wednesday.
“The group which uses a church as a hiding place was cornered inside the church premises,” the Hawks
police investigative unit said in a statement.
“A gun battle between suspects and police ensued which left seven suspects dead and a task force
member injured in the legs.”
It added that 10 other suspects were arrested, while some escaped the scene near Ngcobo, the town
where the policemen were killed.