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An­na Lisa Paul

Two men were shot dead by po­lice around 2 pm to­day af­ter an al­leged rob­bery at­tempt in Mt Hope in­volv­ing a Face­book Mar­ket­place meet­ing.

Re­ports in­di­cate the men met the in­tend­ed vic­tim along Com­mu­ni­ty Dri­ve, Mt Hope, and at­tempt­ed to rob him of an undis­closed sum of mon­ey. The vic­tim had alert­ed po­lice, prompt­ing an in­tel­li­gence-led op­er­a­tion.