Police in Limbe on Saturday shot dead four people suspected to be hardcore criminals.<\/p>\n
The raid took place following a tip-off that the alleged gang was somewhere around Shire Highlands Hotel in Limbe and was planning to break into a shop.<\/p>\n
Limbe Police Spokesperson, Chifundo Kansunje, confirmed the incident.<\/p>\n
She said as police invaded the place, one of the criminals was cornered and arrested.<\/p>\n
Eventually, the other three suspects emerged and attempted to rescue their colleague.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the suspects pulled out a pistol aiming to shoot, but was eventually shot down together with his friends.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fear was we could have lost life of an officer, because the suspects were very violent. In addition, one of the suspects wanted to grab a firearm from one of our men,\u201d Kansunje said.<\/p>\n
She said the suspects were using a Toyota Corolla vehicle with a fake registration number.<\/p>\n
Kansunje said the operation was done by officers of criminal investigations department but denied mentioning the total number of officers who were involved in the operation for security reasons.<\/p>\n
Three of the suspects have been identified as 31-year-old Kapisi Tembo from Mhango Village Traditional Authority (T\/A) Tengani in Nsanje District, John Ntaja, aged 32, from Masato Village TA Changata in Thyolo district and 43-year-old Ephraim Mkandawire from Nkhongo Village TA Kanyenda in Nkhotakota district. The other is yet to be identified.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, one pistol and four bullets have been recovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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