Vehicles recovered after shootout between SANDF, suspects near Mozambique border
The South African National Defence Force recovered four suspected stolen vehicles near the border between South Africa and Mozambique on Tuesday morning.
SANDF members, who were on routine patrol duties, spotted a suspicious convoy of vehicles heading to Mozambique.
The four vehicles, two Toyota legend 50 bakkies, a Toyota Fortuner and a Toyota Hilux bakkie, were reported as stolen at Lyttleton and Florida in Gauteng and Mpumalanga.
Police spokesperson Selvy Mohlala says other suspects managed to flee after a shootout with SANDF members.
"It is said that abruptly the occupants of the said vehicles in the convoy started shooting towards the SANDF members who then reportedly fired back. One male person, believed to have been an occupant of one of the vehicles was fatally wounded. However, the other suspects managed to flee into the darkness."
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