Saturday, August 22, 2009

Metro cop killed in Nyanga

By Khanyisa Tabata
22 August 2009

A metro police officer was shot dead in Nyanga, this morning while in the process of issuing a traffic fine.

“The officer pulled over a taxi at 7:35am, and was in the process of issuing a fine when a number of people approached him and shot him in the head”.

“They then robbed him of his service pistol and fled. The taxi remained at the scene where the officer died” said Superintendent Andre Traut.

The circumstances surrounding the incident were not yet clear. Further details will be available later added Traut

No arrests have been made as yet.

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