Independent News reports that Mpumalanga police appealed for help in catching gunmen who shot and killed one of their members and left another officer as well as four other people seriously injured.
The six were shot in what is believed to have been a tavern robbery in Pilgrims Rest, Mpumalanga, on Sunday night. According to police spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo, the sergeant and a constable were responding to a suspected robbery complaint at the tavern, however, they were met by gunfire from the alleged robbers. "Both members as well as at least four civilians sustained multiple gunshot wounds leaving the constable dead and the sergeant as well as civilians in a critical condition. The suspects fled also taking with them both members' service pistols,” Naidoo indicated. The national commissioner of police, General Khehla John Sitole, condemned the attack and remarked: "I have again reiterated to all members that they should not fall with a gun in their hand. These continuous ruthless attacks on our police officers has got to stop and we can achieve maximum results in this regard only with the community rallying behind the police every step of the way.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Botho Molosankwe at Independent News
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