News24 reports that a sixth suspect wanted for the murder of a constable in Coffee Bay in the Eastern Cape, appeared in the Mqanduli Magistrate's Court on Friday.  

Constable Lonwabo Soga was shot dead on 3 December.  He and his colleague Constable Siyabonga Nani had reportedly been attending to a complaint in Coffee Bay when they were approached by six men in a double-cab bakkie who were ostensibly in need of police assistance.  Soga, in the driver's seat, was approached by two of the men while another two went to Nani's side of the vehicle.  One of the suspects standing at the passenger's side drew his firearm and shot at Soga, who died instantly.  The suspects then ordered Nani, who was not armed, to move Soga’s body to the back of the vehicle and to get inside.  The gang drove the police van to a nearby shop where a security guard opened the gate, reasoning that it was an official vehicle.  They demanded R3 000, liquor and tobacco and then fled the crime scene in the shop owner's vehicle, which was later abandoned.  The police van was left at the crime scene with the policemen locked in the back.  All six suspects are expected back in the dock on 22 January.  They face charges of murder, attempted murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tammy Petersen at News24

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