Saturday, September 10, 2011

Another South African policeman shot dead in the line of duty

By Lelethu Mquqo
10 September 2011


Mpumalanga police have confirmed that a policeman and a civilian died in a shootout at a police station in Middelburg last night.

The civilian who was shot dead was a 29-year-old man arrested for robbery.

He apparently grabbed 33-year-old Sergeant Hennie Steyn’s service revolver and shot him in the chest.

Other policemen on the scene opened fire and the suspect was killed.

Steyn died while being treated at a hospital across the road from the police station.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

so crime is acceptable according to the goverment?what a joke.pathetic stats which we as the public must accept???????

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