KZN prison break: These are the 15 suspects running from police [pictures]
Police have released the photographs of the 15 suspects still running following Wednesday s prison break in KwaZulu-Natal.
Thubelihle Dlomo, 19, who was one of 16 awaiting trial prisoners that escaped from the South African Police Service (SAPS) on Wednesday, was nabbed by police on Friday morning, 30 April, in KwaDukuza.
Provincial police is appealing to the public to help track down the remaining suspects who ran off when a transportation truck on the way to the Pietermaritzburg Magistrates Court was intercepted by five heavily armed men on Wednesday.
SIXTEEN OUT OF 31 PRISONERS REARRESTED BY KZN POLICE AFTER PRISON BREAK
KZN police appeal for help in tracking down 15 prison escapees On Wednesday 31 prisoners made a run for it when a truck transporting 45 prisoners from a prison to the Pietermaritzburg magistrates court were confronted by five heavily armed men. Police have launched a manhunt after awaiting trial prisoners escaped from a truck transporting them from the Pietermaritzburg (PMB) New Prison to the PMB Magistrates Court on 28 April 2021. Picture: Nkosikhona Duma/Eyewitness News.
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DURBAN - The public is being urged to help look for 15 awaiting-trial prisoners who escaped from a police truck in Pietermaritzburg.
On Wednesday two police officers were transporting 45 prisoners from a prison to the Pietermaritzburg magistrates court when they were confronted by five heavily armed men.
The awaiting-trial offenders escaped after five heavily armed men forced a prisoner transport vehicle to a halt.
Several prisoners escaped, but the police managed to nab the majority of them.
KwaZulu-Natal police have released the names and pictures of the remaining 16 escaped awaiting-trial prisoners who brazenly broke free from custody on Wednesday.
The 16 are part of 45 awaiting-trial prisoners who were being transported from prison to the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate s Court when armed gunmen forced the prisoner transport vehicle off the road.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker said two police officers, who were seated in the front of the truck, were injured slightly when the vehicle hit the pavement after being forced off the road.
Police have released pictures of the prisoners and the crimes they are charged with following a brazen escape from the back of a truck on Wednesday morning in Pietermaritzburg.