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News24 reports that two people have been arrested for the murder of an off-duty police officer in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg. The arrests came just 24 hours after the fatal shooting of a crime intelligence warrant officer on Thursday evening in Extension 1, Eldorado Park.
The police officer was talking to an acquaintance when one of the suspects approached and allegedly fired shots directly at him, Hawks spokesperson Colonel Brenda Muridili indicated. He was declared dead on the scene after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body. "The province then ordered the immediate mobilisation of the 72-hour activation plan, on which the intelligence-led integrated team – comprising the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks), K9 Units of the JMPD (Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department) and the SAPS in Soweto, the Specialised Law Enforcement Unit from Gauteng Traffic Police, and other law enforcement disciplines – responded and within 24 hours traced and arrested two suspects, aged 35 and 40, in Eldorado Park," Muridili reported. The motive for the murder of the police officer was yet to be determined.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nicole McCain at News24
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