One person has died after police exchanged fire with suspects in a sting operation on the West Rand on Tuesday.
One person has died after police exchanged fire with suspects in a sting operation on the West Rand on Tuesday.
"Some of the illegal miners engaged and the police retaliated and one of them was fatally wounded. We called paramedics and when they arrived and turned him over they found him holding a pistol against his chest but he was already dead," said Mawela. "What attracted us closer to where they were was a gunshot which we could hear that it is being fired underground. Police went and searched for them and found them in their hiding spot," said Mawela.
In total, police arrested 42 suspects believed to be illegal miners and confiscated 32 cellphones. The figure is expected to rise as the operation continues.
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