A suspect who was wanted for murder and his two suspected accomplices were fatally wounded after they started a gun battle with police along the R612 road in Umzinto North on Wednesday afternoon 25 January 2923.
Police had operationalised intelligence information and cornered the suspects as they were leaving a mall in Scottburgh.
The police ordered the suspects to stop but the trio defied the lawful instructions and sped off.
A high speed chase ensued with police continuing efforts to pull them over. .
With police closing in on them, the suspects fired shots at the men of law and a shootout ensued.
After the gunfire three suspects were found to have sustained fatal gunshot wounds. No police officer was reported injured.
The deceased are linked to a murder which they allegedly committed in Dududu in October 2022.
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