Eighteen suspects have been shot and killed throughout a shoot-out with South African police.

The incident occurred in Makhado within the nation's northernmost Limpopo province, based on an announcement from the elite police unit The Hawks.

Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe gave no extra rapid data however native media reported that the 18 individuals who died had been in a gang suspected of robbing armoured vans carrying money for banks.

The shoot-out got here after a tragic week in South Africa, wherein at least 74 people died in a fireplace at an residence complicated in Johannesburg on Thursday.

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