1 SUSPECT SHOT DEAD IN ARMED ROBBERY AT OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Posted on: 01/07/2017

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1 SUSPECT SHOT DEAD IN ARMED ROBBERY AT OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
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1 Jul 2017, Kempton Park: The highway at the OR Tambo airport had been closed following a shootout between armed robbers and security guards on Saturday morning.

A man “believed to be a suspect” was fatally wounded after he was shot in the face on Voortrekker Road in Kempton Park, paramedics said. It's believed that the robbery took place at Swissport at Airport Freight next to OR Tambo International Airport.



“At approximately 11am‚ paramedics from ER24 as well as police and metro police attended the scene. Paramedics found a man with a gunshot wound to his head.

There was nothing that could be done for him and he was declared dead on the scene‚” said ER24 spokesman Werner Vermaak.

“The exact circumstances surrounding the shooting incident remains subject to police investigation‚” he added.

UPDATE: Apparently more suspects are still at large. An update will follow as soon as more information becomes available.



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