3 bank robbers die in shootout
22/02/2005 17:28  - (SA)  

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Robber killed in shoot-out

Bloemfontein - Three bank robbers were killed in a shootout with police in a mielie field outside Hertzogville on Tuesday, and two others were arrested, said Free State police.

Inspector Loraine Kalp said the shootout came after a bank in neighbouring Dealesville was robbed of a substantial sum of money.

Kalp said: "About 09:30 four armed men entered a bank at Dealesville and demanded money."

The robbers took the money and fled in a vehicle.

Outside town, the robbers changed cars and continued fleeing towards Hertzogville.

Man caught in roadside

Kalp said that after all surrounding police stations had been alerted, the robbers' car was spotted and forced off the road just outside Hertzogville.

Kalp said one of the men was arrested at the roadside.

The others "fled into a nearby maize field, which was condoned off and there was a shootout."

Another suspect was arrested and the money was seized.

Kalp said two men would appear in court on charges of armed robbery.

- SAPA

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