SAPS to investigate alleged scene tampering and lies after officer is shot
The South African Police Service (SAPS) on Tuesday said it had authorised both misconduct and criminal investigations, following the fatal shooting of Const Tshepo Tladi in Katlehong last week Thursday. The SAPS’s initial statement was that Tladi was killed following an ambush by heavily armed robbers‚ but CCTV footage showed that Tladi was shot possibly by one of his colleagues‚ who later attempted to tamper with the scene. In a statement on Tuesday morning by acting national police commissioner Lt-Gen Khomotso Phahlane‚ he said SAPS would centre its investigations‚ in collaboration with the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid)‚ on the members who were on the scene the night Tladi was shot in the back of the head.
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