Farm shoot-out leaves 5 dead

2011-07-04 15:16

kalahari.com

Pietermaritzburg - Six men have been killed in shoot-outs with the police in Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal, police said on Monday.

Colonel Vishnu Naidoo said five men were shot dead on a farm in Richmond on Sunday night, a sixth man died in a shoot-out on Monday, while a wounded man was arrested.

The SABC reported on Monday that the men, who appeared to be in their 20s, were heavily armed and refused to surrender when asked to by the police.

The shoot-outs ensued after police received a tip-off from a private security company that a group was planning a robbery in the area.

- SAPA

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