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News24 reports that the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) is "enraged" over the theft of arms and ammunition during an attack on a Limpopo police station.
At around 23:00 on Sunday, a group of gunmen stormed into the Malamulele police station and held officers at gunpoint. They took R5 rifles, 9mm pistols, shotguns and an undisclosed quantity of ammunition. "It is understood these officers were then forcefully locked [in] the back of a police vehicle and after that, further attacks were conducted at nearby filling stations," Popcru spokesperson Richard Mamabolo stated. At the time of the attack, five officers were on duty. According to Mamabolo, attacks on police stations have been on the increase. He said: “This brazen attack takes place at a time when there have been many vulnerabilities with regards to the integrity of police stations, dominantly those situated outside affluent areas, with challenges around the uneven allocation of resources and staff shortages at a peak.” He cited incidents in Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape and the North West. “It is a matter of urgency that the SAPS addresses the challenge around the uneven allocation of resources, so as to ensure rural and township police stations are well resourced and capacitated to improve on service delivery for their surrounding communities," Mamabolo said.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nicole McCain at News24
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