TimesLIVE reports that three suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of two eThekwini metro police officers on Monday night.  

Hawks spokesperson Captain Simphiwe Mhlongo advised that one of the suspects was wounded in hospital, but he did not elaborate how that had occurred.  Sergeant Zephinia Fanifami Dladla, 61, and his 40-year-old colleague, Constable Sonto Emmelinall Mhlanga, were stationed outside the home of ward 52 councillor Moses Zulu in Bhambayi, near Phoenix, when they came under attack.  They had been assigned to councillor protection duties following threats on Cllr Zulu’s life.  Metro police spokesperson senior superintendent Parboo Sewpersad reported:  "The suspects fired multiple shots at them, killing the male in the driver’s seat and the female, who was also in the vehicle.”  Cllr Zulu, who was inside his home at the time, was not injured in the attack.

• The original of this report by Orrin Singh is at TimesLIVE
• Read too, ‘What was the motive?' grieving councillor asks after protectors murdered, at News24

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