Two cops killed in Cape Town

[MickeyD]

Two policemen were shot dead in separate incidents in Cape Town at the weekend, Western Cape police said on Monday.

Captain Frederick van Wyk said a 36-year-old constable was killed while on duty in Spine Road, Mitchells Plain, around 8pm on Sunday.

"He was attacked by a suspect who collided with a police vehicle on an accident scene. The suspect fled the scene on foot."

An hour later, a 40-year-old sergeant was shot in his Khayelitsha home while getting ready to go to work.

He died on his way to hospital.

No arrests had been made for either attack.

"Attacks on our members are viewed in a very serious light and we will make every endeavour to apprehend those responsible," Van Wyk said.

Source : Sapa /je/fg/clh
Date : 29 Jul 2013 08:47

 

[visrot]

RIP

 

[Devill]

I can almost understand how the police could be so corrupt as being a policeman in SA is ungrateful and dangerous job.

 

[Brawler]

Damn.

RIP.

Train the ARMY on Policing, give them a blue uniform and give them something to do for a change.

 

[Devill]

Damn.

RIP.

Train the ARMY on Policing, give them a blue uniform and give them something to do for a change.

+1. They can really start policing the very bad areas and they get to use the equipment for which the state pays millions of rands a year.

 

[Lightscribe]

I watched SABC3 news ealier tonight and they said 3, in the last week.

I Googled for just that and this came up:

Three cops killed in less than week

July 1 2013

http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/three-cops-killed-in-less-than-week-1.1539996#.Ufa0geUZm8o

I wonder what the stats look like, on cop attacks/murders/assassinations.

 

[DominionZA]

FML. Criminals in this country have zero boundaries!

RIP

 

[Lightscribe]

"The Constitution entitles provinces to conduct oversight over the police, but every attempt being made by the Western Cape government to improve policing through oversight has been blocked, undermined, and prevented by the ANC national government."

He claimed no police officers had been hired in the province in the past few years, leaving the force to deal with an increasing population, and thus vulnerable to attack.

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...e-Minister?p=10853047&viewfull=1#post10853047

"[He must] stop abusing his position to make irresponsible statements. Instead, he should be proactive and launch an investigation into the causes and extent of police killings," Kohler-Barnard said.

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...e-Minister?p=10853757&viewfull=1#post10853757