Three suspected CIT robbers dead in Mabopane Highway shootout with police

Three suspected cash-in-transit (CIT) robbers were killed and another arrested in a shootout with police on the R80 highway in Mabopane, Gauteng on Monday, 28 September 2026. The incident occurred after police, following intelligence, attempted to stop a white Hyundai H1 vehicle that opened fire on the officers. The suspects were reportedly planning a robbery, and the police recovered an AK-47 rifle and a 9mm pistol from the vehicle.

A fourth suspect was arrested in a separate incident in Barberton, where a deadly shooting outside a tavern left one man dead and three others injured on Saturday, 26 September 2026.

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