TimesLIVE reports that two men, one of whom was a policeman, died during an altercation at Durban’s beachfront in the early hours of Saturday.

ALS Paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said emergency staff responded to reports of a shooting near the public pools at Blue Lagoon at about 2.30am where two men were found. Both men were found to have multiple gunshot wounds to their bodies. Jamieson said one man in his thirties showed no signs of life and was declared dead. The second man, believed to be a Metro Police officer also in his thirties, was found in a critical condition.

“Advanced Life Support Paramedics worked to resuscitate the man on scene before rushing him through to a nearby hospital. Unfortunately a short while after arriving at hospital the patient went into a state of cardiac arrest and despite all attempts to save the man he was declared dead,” Jamieson reported. Police are investigating.

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