The Citizen reports that Hawks head Lieutenant-General Godfrey Lebeya is concerned that more than 30 police officers were killed in the first quarter of the current financial year.

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI), also known as the Hawks, briefed the media in Pretoria on Monday to unpack the organisation’s achievements during the first quarter of the 2023/2024 financial year. During the briefing, Lebeya revealed that 31 (11 on-duty and 20 off-duty) police officials were killed during the period under review. “Attacks on police officials are an attack on the state and the death of one police official is one too many. Dear South Africans, for the first quarter only, we noted with concern that 31 police officials were killed in 30 incidents. During the same period, 24 arrests were made. A total number of nine convictions were secured on the murder of police officials, eight of which share nine life term imprisonments and a combined period of more than 100 years imprisonment,” Lebeya indicated.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Faizel Patel at The Citizen

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