Two male bandits were shot dead on Sunday night by ranks of the Guyana Police Force during an exchange of gunfire, shortly after they robbed six persons at Seaforth Street, Campbellville.

According to a police release, at about 20:30hrs, the victims were in a yard at lot 53 Seaforth Street, Campbellville celebrating a family reunion when the now dead armed bandits, who are yet to be identified, pounced and relieved them of their valuables.

They discharged several rounds in the air during the commission of the crime. According to the release, as they were leaving the scene, they were pursued by a number of public spirited citizens, the victims and ranks of a police patrol. They were cornered inside the compound of the Campbellville Secondary School where they discharged several rounds at the lawmen who returned fire and fatally shot them.

An unlicensed revolver with five live rounds and a spent shell were recovered next to the slain bandits along with some of the stolen articles, which included five cellular phones, a chain and cash. Several spent shells were also retrieved at the scene of the crime. The bodies are at the Georgetown Public Hospital Mortuary awaiting identification.