Teenager to appear in court for allegedly killing SAPS officer while on holiday

A 17-year-old boy is expected to appear in the Athlone Magistrates Court on Monday, for his alleged involvement in the murder of a police official in Phillipi East, during 2022.

PICTURE: Pixabay

The Hawks' Zinzi Hani said the police officer was in Cape Town on holiday at the time of the incident.

''An off duty police official, who was stationed at the Local Criminal Record Centre in Pretoria at the time of his death, was gunned down while on vacation in Cape Town. During the attack the deceased was robbed of his official firearm,'' said Warrant Officer, Zinzi Hani, Hawks Western Cape spokesperson.

 

Done By: Esobusi Mkangelwa