A 29-year-old police officer in the Eastern Cape was shot and killed while helping a stranded motorist in Gqeberha. The officer and a colleague stopped to assist the vehicle when three residents arrived. During the attempt to start the vehicle, the officer was shot in the head. His firearm was also missing. The Hawks have taken over the investigation.
The South Africa Police Service continues to lose members at an alarming rate.A 29-year-old Eastern Cape police officer has been shot and killed after stopping to help a stranded motorist in Gqeberha.
“The driver heard a shot being fired, and on inspection, he discovered that the Constable had been shot in the head. He was taken to hospital where he later died.” Mawisa said the provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Nomthetheleli Mene and her management are distraught by the death of the duty constable.
Police minister Senzo Mchunu revealed the shocking statistic during the presentation of the second quarter crime statistics in Parktown in November last year.
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