{"id":46935,"date":"2026-01-08T03:35:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T03:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=46935"},"modified":"2026-01-08T03:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T03:35:48","slug":"suspected-murderers-dead-shootout-police-inanda-kzn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/08\/suspected-murderers-dead-shootout-police-inanda-kzn\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected murderers dead in shootout with police in Inanda, KZN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>Police had earlier arrested five suspects for the Ezimangweni murders. <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Two suspects who were wanted in connection with the shooting of four people, which left two dead and one injured in Ezimangweni in Inanda, have been killed in a shootout with police in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).<\/p>\n<p>The gun battle at Amaoti in Inanda on Wednesday, 7 January 2027, follows a deadly confrontation on Tuesday night when four people were shot in Ezimangweni.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-shootout\">Shootout<\/h2>\n<p>KZN police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda said officers had earlier arrested five suspects for the Ezimangweni murders, and they were found in possession of one firearm and a replica gun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestigations led police to a residence at Amaoti, where two more suspects were hiding. When police arrived at the scene, the suspects opened fire towards police officers, and police retaliated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the shootout, two suspects were shot and fatally wounded. The suspects, who were terrorizing areas of Amaoti, Phoenix and Mzomusha, were found in possession of two firearms,\u201d Netshiunda said.<\/p>\n<p>Netshiunda said the firearms will be taken for ballistic analysis to determine if they were used in the commission of other crimes in and around KZN.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:\u00a0Police recover AK-47s and ammunition in Roodepoort, man arrested<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-baby-fighting-for-life\">Baby fighting for life<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, a two-year-old baby boy is fighting for his life in hospital following a shooting in central Johannesburg.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that the shooting occurred in Fordsburg on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The baby was wounded when his 38-year-old father was shot dead in a suspected hit on the corner of Gillies Street and Mint Street by unknown assailants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-manhunt\">Manhunt<\/h3>\n<p>Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo told\u00a0<em>The Citizen that<\/em>\u00a0the Provincial Police Tracing Team had been tasked with tracing two wanted suspects allegedly involved in the shooting that left the father dead and the child injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is reported that the suspects approached the victim and one of them allegedly fired several shots towards the victim, who at the time was carrying a two-year-old boy. The suspects then fled the scene in a dark coloured Mazda 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victim was declared dead on the scene by paramedics and the child was taken to hospital for a gunshot wound treatment,\u201d Masondo said.<\/p>\n<p>Masondo added that police are investigating a case of murder and attempted murder.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: Foreign nationals arrested after discovery of illegal liquor plant in Cape Town<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Suspected #murderers #dead #shootout #police #Inanda #KZN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police had earlier arrested five suspects for the Ezimangweni murders. Two suspects who were wanted in connection with the shooting&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46937,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46935\/revisions\/46937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}