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News24 reports that a police officer was shot and robbed of his firearm by five assailants while attending to an accident scene near Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, on Sunday.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said the officers were notified of an accident after a car veered off the R40 and plunged into a river in Ga-Bereta at around 02:00 on Sunday. "While the officers were busy at the scene, a group of about five suspects emerged from the nearby bushes and indiscriminately fired shots at them. It is further reported that the suspects demanded firearms and bullet proofs [vests] from the members," she reported. The police constable suffered multiple gunshot wounds and is in a critical condition in hospital. The armed group took his service firearm, a cellphone and the keys to the state vehicle before fleeing on foot. Three other officers and an emergency services worker escaped unharmed. A manhunt for the suspects is underway.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Getrude Makhafola at News24
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