Fikile Mbalula threatens to ‘squeeze’ those who harm on-duty police
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula says nobody will be allowed to assault an on-duty police officer and get away with it. "We will squeeze them‚" he warned on Monday‚ at the scene of a violent confrontation between the occupants of a suspected drug house and police at Vanderbijlpark in Gauteng. Six South African Police Service (SAPS) members were assaulted there earlier in October by a group of foreign nationals. Five officers received medical assistance afterwards. Accompanied by acting national police commissioner Lt-Gen Lesetja Mothiba and officials from the Emfuleni municipality‚ Mbalula visited the now-vacant house. The occupants of the house were on the run‚ but the minister was confident that they would be arrested soon. "Whether it’s Nigerians‚ Congolese or South Africans‚ we must clamp down on them‚" he said. "Finish them. They must know that there is rule of law in this country. No one will assault an on-duty police officer and walk free. We will squeeze them‚" he said. A case...
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