Two suspects will appear in the Cape Town Magistrates Court on Monday, November 29 for the murder and attempted murder of two police officers on Friday.
According to reports, the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team in Bellville along with Crime Intelligence and the National Intervention Unit arrested the two suspects aged 29 and 32 years old on Sunday after they were linked to a business robbery in Killarney Gardens on Friday.
Hawks’ spokesperson, Philani Nkwalase says the two officers attached to the Table View police station were greeted with a hail of bullets from a group of armed men who exited from the business premises.
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According to Nkwalase the two Sergeants sustained gunshot wounds and were taken to hospital where Sergeant Molema succumbed to his injuries, while the other Sergeant is recuperating.
Two other suspects are also in hospital under police guard after they were arrested at the scene during a shootout with the police.
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