By Fanie Mthupha and Maile Matsimela
Bloodstained clothes lay scattered on the barricaded side of the N12 Highway after three thugs were shot by members of the Hawks on Tuesday afternoon.
The incident occurred just before the Jet Park Bridge on the highway when members of the Hawks acted on a tip-off about a suspicious looking charcoal Audi.
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Gauteng provincial police spokesperson, Lieut-Col Katlego Mogale, said a shoot-out ensued when the Hawks tried to pull over the Audi, which had three occupants in it. The occupants of the Audi opened fire on the police.
“Police returned fire, fatally wounding one suspect and leaving the other two injured,” said Mogale.
The two were transported to hospital under police guard. Two unlicensed firearms were recovered.
Police arrested four other men, travelling in a black Golf not far from the scene believed to be accomplices of the three.
“Preliminary investigations have revealed that one of the suspects has been involved in other crimes and was previously arrested,” said Mogale.
It is alleged the men were travelling from Lakeside Mall in Benoni.
Traffic was slowed down for three hours as police gathered information at the scene.
The six men will be charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit crime as well as possession of illegal firearms and ammunition.
