TimesLive reports that a man was arrested soon after a 41-year-old police officer was shot dead at the Motherwell Magistrate's Court in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, on Wednesday morning.

The suspect entered the court building at about 9.20am and disarmed the sergeant, who was serving as a court orderly, before fatally shooting him with the firearm. He then fled on foot. Members of the anti-gang unit who were patrolling the area immediately responded and were alerted by a taxi driver that the suspect, still with the firearm, was in his taxi. The suspect opened fire on the police, who returned fire. The suspect was wounded and was transported to hospital under police guard. Police recovered the state-owned firearm. Commuters who were in the taxi were not injured during the crossfire. In a separate incident in East London, a manhunt continues for a group of suspects who shot and killed another sergeant who was responding to an armed robbery at the Fidelity premises on Monday.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Belinda Pheto at TimesLive

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