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The South African Police Service said 18 suspects were killed during a shootout with officers in Makhado in the Limpopo province.
A police officer was also “very seriously” wounded, National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola told the national broadcaster SABC.
The shooting in a rural part of South Africa about 400 kilometers (248 miles) north of the capital Pretoria, lasted for almost an hour and a half.
Two safe-house hit
Masemola said police were acting on intelligence when they surrounded a “safe house” used by the suspects to plan a cash heist.
“The police members approached the house with a view to arrest them, and in the process, they shot at the police,” he said.
Police reportedly seized a large quantity of explosives and assault rifles.
He said police also arrested four suspects who used a safe house in the neighboring town of Thohoyandou.
lo/jcg (AP, Reuters)
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