Suspected CIT mastermind killed in shootout with police

HIBBERDENE - A suspected Eastern Cape cash-in-transit heist mastermind has been killed in a shootout with KwaZulu-Natal police.

Police say he'd been on the run, evading authorities.

He was located at a housing complex in Hibberdene on the South Coast on Friday.

The suspect reportedly opened fire on police and private security officials.

They returned fired and he was killed.

A firearm has been recovered at the scene.

BREAKING NEWS | A suspected CIT mastermind from the Eastern Cape has just been killed in a shootout with KZN police officers. 

He’d been evading police, until he was located at a housing complex in Hibberdene on the South Coast a short while ago. 

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