News24 reports that the South African Police Service (SAPS) on Tuesday condemned the killing of police officers, saying 57 officers had died in the 2016/2017 financial year.
Acting police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane said in a statement that the perpetrators would be held accountable. "The fact that our members are attacked in the line of duty, serves as a harsh reminder of the challenges our officers are faced with daily to ensure that South Africans are, and feel, safe. An attack on one officer is an attack on all," Phahlane said. During the 2015/2016 financial year, 79 police officers died, 40 of them in the line of duty. In an incident on Monday afternoon, a Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) officer and a police officer were shot and wounded in Johannesburg North.
- Read this report by James de Villiers in full at News24
- See too, Phahlane condemns attacks on police officers, at The Citizen
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