SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg – Eighteen suspects were killed during a shoot-out with police in Makhado, Limpopo, on Friday.

National police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola, Hawks head Lt-Gen Godfrey Lebeya and deputy national commissioner for policing Lt-Gen Tebello Mosikili were on Friday en route to the crime scene, police spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe said.

Unconfirmed reports have revealed the suspects were linked to a cash-in-transit heist.

This is a developing story.