Man shot dead during police arrest
By Cindy Witten
24 October 2008
While patrolling in the Heinz Park area this morning, police arrested a 28 year old man who was carrying with him large amounts of drugs. During the arrest, a community member opened fire and police shot back fatally wounding him.
“The 28 year old man was arrested and will soon be appearing in Philippi Magistrates Court. Whilst the officers were busy arresting the suspect, some members of the community threw stones at them. One of the community members fired shots at the Metro Police officers, they retuned fire and fatally wounded him,” said police spokesperson Captain Sitshitshi
According to Sitshitshi, police also arrested another 25 year old man who threw stones at the Metro police vehicles. He will appear on a charge of Malicious Damage to Property at the Philippi Magistrate's Court tomorrow.
24 October 2008
While patrolling in the Heinz Park area this morning, police arrested a 28 year old man who was carrying with him large amounts of drugs. During the arrest, a community member opened fire and police shot back fatally wounding him.
“The 28 year old man was arrested and will soon be appearing in Philippi Magistrates Court. Whilst the officers were busy arresting the suspect, some members of the community threw stones at them. One of the community members fired shots at the Metro Police officers, they retuned fire and fatally wounded him,” said police spokesperson Captain Sitshitshi
According to Sitshitshi, police also arrested another 25 year old man who threw stones at the Metro police vehicles. He will appear on a charge of Malicious Damage to Property at the Philippi Magistrate's Court tomorrow.
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