Two suspected armed robbers have been gunned down by the Police at Kalba in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region.

The Police said an accomplices escaped during a shootout following a robbing residents of Kalba on Sunday morning.

“Following a distress call about a robbery attack in Weichao, the police in partnership with some community members immediately responded and pursued the suspects who were on motorbikes. The suspects engaged the police in a shootout leading to the death of the two suspects. However, others managed to escape through the bushes.

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