An off-duty Durban policeman was killed when he tried to stop a hijacking outside his daughter's school in Umbilo on Wednesday afternoon.
Warrant officer Michael Jameson was picking up his daughter from a school in Umbilo when he noticed a hijacking in progress. He was shot dead when he tried to stop it.An off-duty Durban policeman was killed when he tried to stop a hijacking outside his daughter’s school in Umbilo on Wednesday afternoon.
“On Wednesday afternoon at about 2.15pm, 52-year-old warrant officer Michael Jameson was picking up his daughter from a school in Umbilo when he noticed a hijacking in progress. The member immediately placed himself on duty and responded to the incident. Two vehicles,the one hijacked outside the school in Umbilo and one hijacked in Hammersdale, were found abandoned.National SA Police Service commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola said police were working around the clock to apprehend the suspects.
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