Overview
- The gun battle unfolded early Thursday at Bester Area 10 in Inanda after officers moved on a house identified through intelligence.
- Police say suspects shot through a door as officers arrived, prompting return fire that left five men fatally wounded.
- Four firearms were recovered at the scene, with a full search and ballistic testing to follow.
- No officers were injured, and investigators describe the dead as suspects in murders, attempted murders including attacks on police, and house or armed robberies.
- The incident is the third fatal police confrontation in KZN this week, following two suspects killed in Amaoti tied to the Ezimangweni shootings and two AK-47-armed suspects killed near Uvongo.