5 Zimbabweans killed in Limpopo cash-in-transit shoot-out. Hawks have identified 16 of the 19 people killed in the recent Limpopo cash-in-transit (CIT) gang shoot-out.

Guns were blazing at a luxury home in Makhado on Friday when the Hawks raided the property to clamp down on a suspected armed CIT gang who were planning to commit a robbery.

As the suspects were about to leave the house to execute their mission, they started shooting at the Hawks members. The Hawks returned fire and for 90 minutes a shoot-out ensued, killing 18 gang members. The 19th body was discovered on Saturday when the Hawks combed the scene.

So far 15 of the 19 have been identified. Five of the identified dead are Zimbabwean nationals and the rest came from Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga, said Hawks Limpopo spokesperson Lt-Col Matimba Maluleke.

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The Zimbabwean nationals were identified as Khulekani Sibanda, 42, Frank Moyo, 43, Alexander Myambi, 24, Malvin Simbarashe Machingautu, 37 and, Juliet Mugabe, 27.

The deceased suspects from Gauteng are Mandakayise Ngcobo, 49, Nicholus Siyabonga Mkhunya, 44, Magangane Mandlenkosi, 35, David Lehlohonolo Tshuto, 41, Dipholo Ramaisa, 36 and Christopher Thabo Thipe, 54.

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