Suspected hijacker shot dead

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08 November 2010, 00:11
A suspected hijacker was shot dead during a shootout with police in Mondeor on Sunday afternoon, Gauteng police said.
The man was one of two men who were spotted by police driving a Golf 3 which was earlier on Sunday reported to have been hijacked in Booysens, Lieutenant Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said.

The men were driving along Colombine Avenue when police signalled for them to stop.
The driver of the Golf allegedly lost control of the vehicle when he tried to get away and crashed a kilometre away from where he was asked to stop.

Dlamini said when the vehicle stopped, one of the men got out andallegedly shot at the police with a 9mm pistol.


He was allegedly killed when police returned fire.
The other man fled towards the nearby Mondeor Primary School where he was later arrested. - Sapa