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Johannesburg - A Gauteng police officer is in a stable condition following a shoot-out on the N3 highway in Modderfontein on Sunday.

Gauteng police spokesperson Colonel Noxolo Kweza told News24 that rumours circulating on social media that a third officer who was shot in the incident had died were untrue, and he is in hospital.

More cops came as we waited Edenvale offramp shootout last 20 minutes @Abramjee @ewnreporter pic.twitter.com/ARXLMn8qGS

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