Media Statement
South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner KwaZulu-Natal

DURBAN - Four men who were suspected to be behind the murders of a 48-year-old woman and her 22-year-old daughter who were found murdered at Emachobeni in Inanda on Friday afternoon were fatally wounded in a shootout with police on Saturday.

Police gathered intelligence about the suspects who were believed to be on their way to perform cleansing rituals at Mpophomeni. The suspects' vehicle was intercepted in the Eskebheni area in uMzinyathi and police signaled for the driver of the suspects' vehicle to stop.

The occupants of the vehicle responded by firing shots at the police officers and the tactically ready police officers returned fire. After the shootout, all four occupants of the vehicle were fatally wounded. Three firearms were found in the possession of the suspects.

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