* Editor's note: This article is updated each time new information becomes available.
PIETERMARITZBURG - Six suspects have been shot and killed in two separate incidents in KwaZulu-Natal.
They were wanted in connection with cash-in-transit robberies, extortion and other violent crimes.
Four suspects were killed in a shootout with police in Camperdown near Pietermaritzburg.
The other two were killed in Klaarwater.
Three guns were recovered at the scene in Pietermaritzburg.
The Hawks traced the suspects to a block of flats.
They were joined by the anti-gang, K9 and TRT units.
Police were also supported by Metro Police and private security companies.
KZN Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi is at the scene.
BREAKING NEWS | Four suspects have just been shot dead after a confrontation with KZN police in the Camperdown area.
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