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Johannesburg - Three people were killed and five were injured in shootings around Johannesburg this week, paramedics said on Friday.

Netcare 911 spokesperson Nick Dollman said a security guard was shot dead in central Johannesburg on Thursday evening.

Two others were killed in separate incidents on Thursday, one on a plot in Muldersdrift.

The other was a hijacker who was shot dead in Midrand.

Captain Jethro Mtshali said two men tried to hijack a vehicle at a garage, but the occupant of the vehicle drew his firearm and shot one of them.

The other would-be hijacker fled.

Police found a 9mm pistol when they searched the deceased.

One of the five injured was a 20-year-old man who was shot in Alexandra in Johannesburg also on Thursday, while later in the day a man was shot and wounded in Benrose.

Three people were wounded - a policeman and two suspected hijackers - on the M1 freeway near Smit Street after a shootout between police and the suspected hijackers on Thursday.