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By Sboniso Dlamini

Journalist


Two men killed in mysterious KZN highway shootout

The car was earlier reportedly spotted driving away from a murder scene in Verulam.


Two men were killed and one injured in a mysterious shootout on the N2 near Prince’s Grant Golf Estate Golf Estate on the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal early on Tuesday morning, reports the North Coast Courier.

According to KwaDukuza police spokesperson Constable Sibusiso Khuzwayo, the car was reportedly spotted driving away from a murder scene in Verulam on Monday night.

Then KwaDukuza police received a call that a car had crashed on the N2 near the Prince’s Grant flyover.

“We found a car that looks like it had rolled over multiple times and there were bullet holes in it and two dead men. There was a gun that was found on the scene and police are investigating,” said Khuzwayo.

The injured man was found in a sugar cane field with a bullet wound to his leg and is in hospital under police guard.

Police were unable to clarify where the shootout took place.

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