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By Anelisa Looking 
11h ago
Durban – A woman is among three suspects who appeared in Pinetown Magistrates Court today charged with attempted murder and robbery following a shooting with police in Pinetown over the weekend.
Those who witnessed the scene unfold said they were surprised to see a woman involved in the shooting with police.
According to witnesses, the thieves had opened fire on the police who retaliated.
“I was in a taxi and I saw that a woman had been involved,” wrote Zinhle Nhle Mglongo.
Nokuthula Shange wrote on Facebook that she took cover when she heard the shots.
“When I got back to the scene, I saw Toyota Quantum surrounded by police cars and there was a body lying there,” he wrote.
Police spokesman Colonel Thembeka Mbele said the woman was among four men who got out of a minibus taxi and opened fire on police at the corner of Glenugie and Kings Roads in Pinetown on Saturday afternoon.
“Police officers were alerted to a robbery at a business premises on Hill Street in Pinetown. Upon arrival, they learned that the suspects boarded a minibus taxi.
The taxi was intercepted at the corner of Glenugie and Kings Roads, where four men and one woman got out and a shooting ensued. One man was shot to death, another managed to flee and three were arrested, “he said.
Mbele said police at the scene recovered three firearms and four cell phones.
The suspects were taken to the Pinetown Police Station for arrest.
“They will appear in Pinetown Magistrates Court on Monday facing charges of attempted murder, theft and possession of firearms and ammunition,” Mbele said.
In a separate incident on Saturday, two people were killed after a car they had been in was shot up on Clermont Road in Clermont.
“Two men aged 27 and 30 were shot dead, while three passengers suffered gunshot wounds. They were taken to hospital for medical attention. KwaDabeka police are investigating a murder and attempted murder case.”
Daily News
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