The South African reports that two Fidelity Security officers were shot and killed in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday morning and two more guards were critically injured in an attack.

Fidelity CEO Wahl Bartmann said four security officers were patrolling a suburb in Joe Slovo, Gqeberha when they were attacked by an unknown number of assailants. The driver of the vehicle tried to drive off while the Fidelity crewmen returned fire. However, both the driver and another guard were fatally wounded and died at the scene. The two survivors were taken to Mercantile and Greenacres Hospital in Gqeberha where they are currently in a critical condition. Bartmann said officers and vehicles have been attacked several times over the last week. “This is virtually the third attack in almost as many days. The incidents are occurring with increasing regularity and there is enormous disregard for the sanctity of life and this senseless loss of life is just not acceptable,” he said.

• Read the original of the report in the above regard by Storm Simpson at The South African
• Lees ook, Fidelity-wagte in Oos-Kaap doodgeskiet, by Maroela Media

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