News24 reports that a female police constable was shot dead following the funeral of a colleague in Dobsonville, Soweto, on Saturday.  

Spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo said on Sunday that officers had just laid to rest one of their own who had died of natural causes, and were having refreshments at the home of the deceased.  "It is alleged that, during this time, a member of the public who was also attending the same funeral, fired shots in the air and the constable was then struck by a bullet in her upper body," said Masondo.  She was rushed to hospital but was declared dead on arrival.  The 55-year-old who fired the shot was arrested and his firearm was confiscated.  He is expected to appear in the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court on Monday.  Also on Saturday, a reservist constable who was part of an operation in Mamelodi West Hostel Y-Section, was rushed to hospital after being injured during an attack on police by a group of people.  Police had apprehended a person for alleged possession of drugs when they came under attack.  The cuffed suspect was somehow freed and a reservist's personal belongings and loaded service pistol were taken.  The firearm was recovered a few hours later, but the group and the person originally arrested are still at large.

• Read the full original of the report by Jenni Evans on the above story at News24

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