SA police in deadly shoot-out before gang heist

Eighteen people have been killed during a shoot-out with police in the South African province of Limpopo, security offficials have said.

The officers confronted a gang of so-called cash-in-transit robbers, national broadcaster SABC reports.

The criminals target security vehicles carrying money.

Speaking after travelling to the scene National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola said that a team of officers pounced on the gang as they were planning to carry out a heist.

The shoot-out lasted 90 minutes, during which the suspects – 16 men and two women – were killed and one police officer was seriously injured, he said.

The police also found explosives at the scene that they say were going to be used in a crime.
By BBC