Police have confirmed that two cash-in-transit and murder suspects have been killed in a shootout with officers in Boksburg on Gauteng’s East Rand. A Hawks tactical team and SAPS members who have been following the case from KwaZulu-Natal traced the two to a house in the area.

WATCH: CIT murder suspects killed in Boksburg shootout

Gauteng Police Commissioner Tommy Mthombeni says suspects are linked to several CIT heists both in KZN and Gauteng .

“What transpired is that the team from KwaZulu-Natal, a multidisciplinary team, was following information on the cash-in-transit heist on the 2nd of May this year, where a G4S security vehicle was bombed and ultimately a security guard was shot and killed, and then, thanks to the technology we’re using, they followed that information systemically up until it led them to Gauteng,” says Mthombeni.

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Most wanted cash-in-transit and murder suspects were fatally wounded during a shootout with the police in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni. Firearms that include… pic.twitter.com/47uZt2v83o

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