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News24 reports that a 29-year-old man suspected of being part of the killing of two law enforcement officers earlier this month in Philippi was on Monday night shot dead by members of the Special Task Force.
Western Cape police officers approached the man at Monwabisi Beach, near Khayelitsha, late on Monday night after receiving a tip-off, said police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Andrè Traut. "During a shootout between members of our Special Task Force and the suspect, he and his unknown accomplice were both fatally wounded," Traut advised. The deceased officers, Simthembile Nyangiwe and Jan Niewehuis, were ambushed while on duty at a construction project in Sweet Homes and robbed of their firearms. Traut said the suspect who was killed on Monday night had been sought for their deaths. He was also wanted for multiple charges of murder, attempted murder and rape in Samora Machel, Nyanga and Philippi East. Cape Town safety and security mayoral committee member JP Smith indicated on Tuesday that five arrests had also previously been made in connection with the attack on the law enforcement officials.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Azarrah Karrim at News24
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