Edenvale High School classes to resume as suspects appear in court
The six suspects arrested for the robbery are expected to appear in the Germiston Magistrate Court today.
Two suspects were shot dead and a third injured in a shoot-out during a robbery at Edenvale High School in Gauteng on Thursday, 21 February 2019. Picture: Bhekikhaya Mabaso / Africa News Agency (ANA)
One of the two suspects arrested a day after an armed robbery at Edenvale High School last week was an Uber driver, who alleged that he had been hijacked.
According to IOL, the driver was found with a large amount of money in his possession, which police believe is the cash that was stolen at the school at gunpoint.
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The driver and another man who managed to escape just after the robbery were arrested on Friday.
In the shootout at the school last week, two suspects were killed and three others were arrested shortly afterwards. One suspect is wounded and remains under police guard in hospital.
Gauteng police spokesperson Captain Kay Makhubele said the suspects made off with an undisclosed amount of money and that police recovered three firearms, one AK-47 rifle and two pistols.
The department of education in Gauteng has offered counselling to pupils and staff at the school.
The five suspects arrested for the robbery are expected to appear in the Germiston Magistrate Court today.
(Compiled by Nica Schreuder)
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