TimesLIVE reports that a senior Hawks member was gunned down outside Mbombela, Mpumalanga, on Tuesday morning.  

Hawks spokesperson Brig Hangwani Mulaudzi said Lt-Col LeRoy Bruwer was gunned down at around 7am on the R37 on his way to work.  Mulaudzi went on to indicate:  “He was ambushed and the suspects used high-calibre rifles. He died on the scene.  We are investigating and trying to ascertain what happened.”  Bruwer was attached to the serious organised crime unit with responsibility for high-profile cases, including cash-in-transit heists.

• Read the original of the report in the above regard by Iavan Pijoos at TimesLIVE

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