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Cartridge casing lays on the ground.
Two alleged cash-in-transit (CIT) robbers have been shot and killed in a shootout with police in Edendale in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.
It is alleged that the suspects are part of a group of robbers wanted in connection with the CIT heist, which happened on Monday afternoon in Verulam, north of Durban.
CIT NETWORK
Last year, research by the University of Cape Town (UCT) found that CIT networks are run by criminal cooperatives that are small, densely connected clusters and form around a core for a specific heist and then dissolve and reassemble in different configurations for the next job.
The study found that the leadership is situational and determined by access to information and critical resources, human or otherwise.
It revealed that cohesion is maintained through multiple overlapping relationships known as multiplex ties and through gatekeepers who link otherwise separate clusters.
