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Nine suspected gang members were shot dead in a shootout with police on Wednesday. (Nkosikhona Duma/News24)
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has launched an investigation into a police shootout in Mariannhill that left nine gunmen dead in KwaZulu-Natal.
It is also investigating the death of six people in a second shootout, which occurred in Mpumalanga on Tuesday when police responded to reports of a possible cash-in-transit robbery in Emalahleni.
Six others were arrested.
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