<p>Six people wanted for murder and extortion were killed in a shootout with South African police in the city of Durban late on Monday, police said.</p><p>The suspects, linked to a triple murder on Friday and the execution-style killing of four other people on Sunday, were shot dead after exchanging gunfire with police at a rented holiday apartment near the city's South Beach district, police said in a statement on Tuesday.</p><p>South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world, with data released by police last week showing there was an average of 68 murders a day nationally between April and June.</p>.US kid dies after shooting self in head with gun from parents' bedroom: Report.<p>Police had been tracking the suspects since Sunday's killings, when the suspects had ordered their victims to lie down and then shot them in the back of the head.</p><p>The suspects were also believed to have been involved in the illicit drug trade, police said.</p><p>Police Minister Senzo Mchunu is due to address lawmakers later on Tuesday on the high levels of extortion in the country</p>
<p>Six people wanted for murder and extortion were killed in a shootout with South African police in the city of Durban late on Monday, police said.</p><p>The suspects, linked to a triple murder on Friday and the execution-style killing of four other people on Sunday, were shot dead after exchanging gunfire with police at a rented holiday apartment near the city's South Beach district, police said in a statement on Tuesday.</p><p>South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world, with data released by police last week showing there was an average of 68 murders a day nationally between April and June.</p>.US kid dies after shooting self in head with gun from parents' bedroom: Report.<p>Police had been tracking the suspects since Sunday's killings, when the suspects had ordered their victims to lie down and then shot them in the back of the head.</p><p>The suspects were also believed to have been involved in the illicit drug trade, police said.</p><p>Police Minister Senzo Mchunu is due to address lawmakers later on Tuesday on the high levels of extortion in the country</p>