Nine Men Shot Dead Who Assaulted Girl In Her Mother’s Presence

South African police have killed nine members of a violent gang accused of raping a little girl in front of her sobbing mother.

Top brass directed the country’s police tactical guns unit to find the eleven individuals who sexually tormented the girl who was repeatedly raped during a house robbery.

Officers from the elite KZN Provincial Stabilisation Team were dispatched after receiving word that the feared gang was planning a hit on a rival boss.

The unit was purportedly dropped off near a residence known as the gang’s headquarters in Desai, Marianhill.

When they arrived, someone notified the gang members inside, who opened fire on the police unit, but the cops swiftly regrouped and returned fire.

Within minutes, all nine gang members had been killed.

Police are looking for the two known remaining members, who either escaped or were not present, and have informed the rape victim and her mother.

KZN police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda said: “The Provincial Stabilisation Team pounced on the gang in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

“The suspects had been on our radar for serious and violent crimes but then allegedly raped a young girl and made her mother watch during a house robbery.

“The shoot-out happened when we received intelligence that the gang were plotting to execute a hit on a rival so an action plan was quickly put into place.

“Nine gang members were shot dead and three firearms have so far been found in their possession and a manhunt for two suspects is underway,” he said.

A South African Police detective based in Durban said: “This group had been pushing and pushing for a while and this horrific gang rape was just the final straw.

“It happened just before info came in to where the gang could be found so the green light was given to arrest them but they made a mistake in opening fire first.

“The response was instant and when the shooting stopped 9 of those inside were dead,” he said.

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