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News24 reports that a Durban police constable was shot dead on Sunday afternoon while approaching a parked vehicle with its hazard lights on.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said the constable was patrolling with a colleagues on the M19, which runs between Reservoir Hills and Pinetown, when they saw the parked vehicle with its hazards on and decided to stop and investigate. "As the constable approached the vehicle, an occupant of the vehicle shot and fatally wounded the constable. The suspect fled from the scene but handed himself over at the Sydenham police station where he [is] currently detained on a charge of murder," Naidoo reported. The constable was a member of the Sydenham Crime Prevention Unit. Rescue Care Paramedics' Garrith Jamieson indicated that the police officer was shot several times in the upper body and was declared dead on the scene.
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