Seven suspects were shot and killed in Pietermaritzburg yesterday evening (June 1) in a shoot-out with police. Reports indicate that the ‘big boss’ who was killed is linked to a shooting in Bergville a few weeks ago.

South African Police Minister Bheki Cele said that five guns, including an AK-47 rifle, were found at the scene.

He continued that the suspects shot dead were notorious in the area for committing numerous crimes and terrorizing the community.

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He added that the ‘big boss’, who is among the seven dead, appears to have been injured a week or two ago when a man was shot dead in Bergville. Shots were fired at the ‘assassins’ and it seems that he was being medically treated for the wounds he sustained in that incident.