Four people have been shot and killed in a shootout between community patrollers and suspected robbers at the Bhambayi area in Inanda, north of Durban.
Police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says a group of community patrollers were doing their duties when they came across three men suspected of committing robberies in the area.
An altercation reportedly ensued and there was an exchange of gunfire between the community patrollers and the alleged suspects.
