Overview
- North West police, which launched an intelligence-led hunt on Wednesday after an early-hours ATM bombing in Dinokana near Zeerust, tracked suspects to a house near Mahikeng.
- A shootout in Magogoe/Magogae Village left three suspects dead.
- Officers arrested five people in the same operation, including a serving police officer.
- Acting provincial commissioner Ryno Naidoo condemned the alleged police involvement as a betrayal of the oath to serve.
- The suspects are due in court on counts including ATM bombing and possession of explosives, and investigators are still pursuing others believed to number 10 to 12.