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The Citizen reports that police officers in Limpopo were taken to hospital recently after being allegedly ambushed and stoned by several foreign nationals.
Thirteen persons were arrested over the incident, and charged with attempted murder and assault. Members of the Provincial Organised Crime Unit and Tactical Response Team were tracing alleged drug dealers two weeks ago when they were ambushed “by a group of suspects who threw stones and assaulted them”. Some officers sustained injuries during the incident and were taken to hospital, said Limpopo police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba. While the suspects initially evaded arrest, 13 foreign nationals were arrested on Tuesday. They were charged with attempted murder and assault (GBH). “The suspects who are aged between 20 and 42 years were all arrested in Unit F, Mankweng,” he indicated. They were due to appear in the Mankweng Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. The Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, strongly condemned the incident and said: “We will not tolerate such brazen acts of violence against our police officers. The suspects will face the full might of the law.” The ambush came months after a police station in Kimberley was attacked by a group of foreign nationals.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Oratile Mashilo at The Citizen
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