Hijackers kill 2 Gauteng policemen

[Kornhub]

Johannesburg - Two policemen have been shot and killed while responding to a hijacking in Sonland Park, Vereeniging, Gauteng police said on Sunday.

The owner of a house in Korhaan Street and his brother were driving out of the premises on Saturday evening when a white Elantra stopped and blocked their way, spokesperson Captain Pinky Tsinyane said.

Three men got out, held them at gunpoint and demanded their car keys. One of the victims tried to run to a passing police patrol. The hijackers shot him in the leg.

The three hijackers then opened fire on the police officers after they got out of their car. The two, a warrant officer and a constable, died on the scene. They were based at the Vereeniging police station.

The gunmen fled with the police vehicle. It was later abandoned after they hijacked another vehicle.

The killing of the officers brought to three the number of policemen killed in Gauteng within a week.

On Wednesday Constable Eianah Rangani was shot and killed, and his colleague critically wounded while on patrol in Hillbrow, Johannesburg.

The occupant of a car shot at them when they tried to search it.

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[Hemi300c]

Hope they get killed in the process of arrest.

 

[Sl8er]

Hope they get killed in the process of arrest.

Ja, but then jz will probably hang the flags half mast for them as well -if current trends are anything to go by

 

[WaxLyrical]

Why did the officers leave their vehicle or at least park at a safe distance to deal with the hijackers?At least use the bakkie as a shield and call for backup.
AFIK all police officers must wear vests so how did both of them succumb?

Its so sickening.

 

[marine1]

But yeah let's mourn the animals that are running this country into the ground.

 

[Hemps]

Why did the officers leave their vehicle or at least park at a safe distance to deal with the hijackers?At least use the bakkie as a shield and call for backup.
AFIK all police officers must wear vests so how did both of them succumb?

Sad to see 2 officers killed who WHERE doing their job as many dont anymore.
They could of been shot in the face especially when the hijackers just brand los.

 

[grok]

Public necklacing for cop killers .. it's the right thing to do.

 

[gregmcc]

Public necklacing for killers .. it's the right thing to do.

Fixed.

 

[longboy]

The guy who got shot in the leg was my relative. He's still shaken up and is in trauma counselling... What is this country coming to when you can't even go outside for fear of criminals?