Six cash-in-transit robbery suspects were fatally wounded during a shootout with the police and other law enforcement agencies in Laudium, Tshwane, on Monday, 24 February 2025, just after 17:00. The seventh suspect, aged 22, was arrested without injuries. Police recovered five unlicensed firearms and ammunition.
Preliminary investigation suggests that the suspects are part of the gang that committed a cash-in-transit robbery in Atteridgeville recently, where four security guards were shot and injured. They are also suspected of being involved in other cash-in-transit robberies in Gauteng and other provinces.
The suspects are facing charges that include conspiracy to commit robbery, possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition, as well as attempted murder.