Nine suspects killed in shoot-out with police in Mariannhill, KZN

Nine suspects were fatally wounded during a shoot-out with police at Desai in Mariannhill in the early hours on Wednesday. Police from the KwaZulu-Natal provincial stabilisation team acted on intelligence about 11 suspects who had been terrorising residents in Mariannhill and surrounding areas. Police spokesperson Col Robert Netshiunda said the suspects were also sought after they allegedly gang-raped a girl and made her mother watch during a house robbery. He said they were also on the police radar for other serious and violent crimes in the area.“When police caught up with…