IOL reports that a police officer was shot and killed while attending a business burglary at Masoyi outside White River during the early hours of Monday morning. His colleague was rushed to the hospital after sustaining gunshot wounds.

Sergeant Vusi Elvis Siwela and his colleague were reportedly attending to a business burglary in progress when they were attacked in the early hours on Monday at around 3am. Reports had been received that a supermarket called Chochocho had been broken into by armed suspects. The two members rushed to the scene, where they were confronted with a hail of bullets from the armed suspects. "It was later established that the suspects gained entry to the supermarket after detonating some explosives on its doors," police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala reported. An undisclosed amount of cash as well as some cigarettes were stolen from the supermarket. Sergeant Siwela was stationed at Masoyi Visible Policing at the time of his passing

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sibuliso Duba at IOL

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