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IOL News reports that two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the murder of police constable Callan Andrews.
The Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (the Hawks) said the suspects, aged 17 and 18, were arrested by the Gqeberha Serious Organised Crime Investigation of the Hawks on Saturday, 4 January. Andrews, 29, who was attached to the Gelvandale Police station, was brutally murdered while on duty on 31 December 2024. "During the time of the incident, the officer was at Voisen Road Katanga, Gelvandale in Gqeberha, attending to a complaint where unknown suspects reportedly grabbed his service pistol and fatally wounded him. The police official was rushed to the nearest hospital where he was declared deceased as he succumbed to a bullet wound." said a Hawks spokesperson. The teenagers were expected to appear in the Gelvandale Magistrate’s Court on Monday. More arrests are imminent
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jolene Marriah-Maharaj at IOL News
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