'Both members were rushed to a local hospital. However, the warrant officer had passed on. The captain was admitted in hospital where he remains in a critical condition.'
In a media statement issued on Monday, police said the two officers, a captain and a warrant officer, whose names cannot be disclosed yet, were tracking a wanted murder suspect in the Nsuze area, in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
National spokesperson Brigadier Vish Naidu said the incident occurred at about 5pm on Sunday when they were both shot,"presumably by the same wanted suspect". "Both members were rushed to a local hospital. However, the warrant officer had passed on. The captain was admitted in hospital where he remains in a critical condition."
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