TimesLIVE reports that Mpumalanga police are on the hunt for four men in connection with two hijacking and shooting incidents involving two police officers this week. The incidents happened on Tuesday in Acornhoek and Carolina respectively.

In the first incident, a constable based at Bushbuckridge police station was driving when a passenger vehicle without a registration number abruptly stopped in front of him. Police spokesperson Brig Leonard Hlathi reported further: “Three suspects, armed with a firearm, got out of their car and went straight to him. They pointed the firearm at him, dragged him out of his car and shot him on his lower body before putting him inside the boot of his car. The suspects drove with him and later stopped at Shatale village where they dropped him off on the street. They drove away in his private car which was later found left abandoned at Matsikitsane area in the bushes.” The victim managed to get help from community members and is in hospital. In the second incident, two suspects appeared in the Carolina Magistrate's Court on Wednesday, a day after they were arrested in connection with the alleged hijacking of an off-duty officer.  Reports indicate that the two were among a group of three armed men who were involved in an attack on the officer in a car hijacking incident at Balfour. The suspects assaulted the officer, held him hostage and robbed him of his bank cards, ID document and other belongings before dropping him off next to the road near Vosloorus.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Khanyisile Ngcobo at TimesLIVE

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