Police have killed seven suspects in a shootout at a house in Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg in South Africa on Tuesday. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Colon
KwaZulu Natal police have confirmed that three weeks after a prison truck was ambushed in Pietermaritzburg, they were still looking for 13 prisoners who escaped.
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
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.
LOOK: Police release identities of remaining 16 KZN prison escapees Updated
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KZN police have released the identities of 16 awaiting trial prisoners still on the run after escaping from a police truck in Pietermaritzburg yesterday.
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The vehicle was transporting 45 suspects from New Prison to the magistrate s court when it was ambushed by a gang of heavily armed men.
Authorities say 31 prisoners escaped.
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He says a further two were arrested this morning. Some of the prisoners remained in the vehicle whilst others handed themselves over to police at various locations in Pietermaritzburg and others were found by police in the city.