{"id":84075,"date":"2018-08-24T10:49:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T08:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=84075"},"modified":"2018-08-24T12:25:35","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T10:25:35","slug":"update-three-bodies-removed-bloody-shootout-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/08\/24\/update-three-bodies-removed-bloody-shootout-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Three bodies removed from bloody shootout scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

A forensics team is currently busy sweeping the vehicles used by the gang of robbers to target ATM’s in Mhluzi for evidence.<\/p>\n

Also read: Three killed in shootout with Police<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Residents in the area should remain vigilant and immediately report suspicious persons after a number of robbers succeeded in fleeing.<\/p>\n

Also read:Update: Police still searching for robbers as traffic piles up on R555<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

One ATM was bombed before police, acting on a tip off, confronted the robbers and a shootout ensued.
\nThe robbers fled onto the R555 where another shootout occurred.<\/p>\n

Also read: Pastor gunned down during church service<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The road remains closed and motorists are advised to avoid the area for now.<\/p>\n

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The bodies of three robbers shot and killed by police during an early morning shootout on the R555 this morning, have been removed from the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":53149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Gerhard Rheeder","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[13131,13134,13133,13130,13135,13132],"class_list":["post-84075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-bodies-cleared-after-shootout","tag-n4-traffic-increase-after-shootout","tag-r555-closed-after-shootout","tag-r555-shootout","tag-residents-warned-to-look-out-for-fleeing-suspects","tag-three-killed-in-shootout"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["bodies cleared after shootout","N4 traffic increase after shootout","R555 closed after shootout","R555 shootout","residents warned to look out for fleeing suspects","three killed in shootout"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}