Police shot and killed three suspected robbers on the N3 highway in Mpumalanga. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)
Three people believed to be members of a “blue-lights gang” operating on the N3 highway have been killed during a shootout with police in Mpumalanga.
A fourth person managed to evade arrest.
The gang allegedly targeted and robbed motorists travelling between Villiers and Heidelberg.
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