ANA reports that national police commissioner General Khehla John Sitole has expressed shock at the cold-blooded murder of a Gauteng crime intelligence police officer and vowed to track down the killers.  

According to the police, Constable Ntobeko Nhlanhla Langa was followed by a white sedan with three male occupants on Wednesday.  "When the member stopped his vehicle, one suspect alighted from the sedan and fired multiple shots at him, killing him instantly.  Nothing, including the member's service pistol, was taken from the member," a spokesperson for the national commissioner said.  Langa had been attached to the Crime Intelligence Unit in Soweto East since 2011 and was due to testify in the Randfontein Magistrate's Court on Thursday.  In a separate incident on Wednesday, another member of the SA Police Service (SAPS) was shot and wounded while conducting crime prevention duties in Attridgeville, west of Pretoria.  He was part of a team that was searching for suspects that had allegedly been committing robberies in the area.  In a routine stop-and-search, the team pulled a vehicle off the road, but as they ordered the suspect to alight, he began shooting towards the members, wounding Constable Tumelo Raphael Mohlala.  The members returned fire at the suspect, who was later certified dead.

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