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#Ngcobo massacre suspects killed in shootout─── 07:55 Sat, 24 Feb 2018
Seven suspects believed to have been involved in the Ngcobo police massacre were shot dead in a shootout with police on Friday evening, after being cornered inside a church they used as a hideout.
Hawks spokesperson, Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi, said more than 10 other suspects were arrested while others managed to escape.
"One police officer was wounded and he is recuperating in hospital," Mulaudzi said.
This follows after a group of unknown attackers entered the Ngcobo Police Station on Wednesday and, without warning, randomly opened fire on officers who were on duty. Three officers were killed at the police station.
The gunmen then separated the female police officers from their male counterparts, before taking six pistols, two shotguns and two assault rifles. A retired soldier was shot dead as they fled.
The bodies of two additional officers were later found, shot execution style, along the roadside near Nyanga High School, about 6km from the police station.
Ngcobo is situated between Mthatha and Queenstown.
