Police member and suspect shot dead in Eastern Cape
By Lelethu Mquqo
29 August 2011
Eastern Cape provincial police commissioner Celiwe Binta has expressed her shock and sadness at the killing of a police officer.
Warrant officer Zamekile Mngeniso was shot dead in an encounter with criminals in Maclear yesterday.
Mngeniso and two colleagues followed up information about a wanted criminal when a shoot-out ensued.
A suspect was also shot dead and two others were arrested. Mngeniso is the third police members killed in the line of duty in the Eastern Cape this year.
29 August 2011
Eastern Cape provincial police commissioner Celiwe Binta has expressed her shock and sadness at the killing of a police officer.
Warrant officer Zamekile Mngeniso was shot dead in an encounter with criminals in Maclear yesterday.
Mngeniso and two colleagues followed up information about a wanted criminal when a shoot-out ensued.
A suspect was also shot dead and two others were arrested. Mngeniso is the third police members killed in the line of duty in the Eastern Cape this year.
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