Top police members to investigate murder of five officers and a soldier in Ngcobo
National police commissioner Gen Khehla John Sitole has assembled a top team of his best people to find the suspects who attacked the Ngcobo police station, between Mthatha and Queenstown, in the Eastern Cape. Five police officials and an off-duty soldier were killed during the attack. "I am appalled and deeply saddened by the cold and callous attack on our colleagues this morning‚" Sitole said on Wednesday. "I have activated a task team comprising experienced detectives of the South African Police Service [SAPS] and the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation to investigate this attack‚" he said. The team will be supported by specialised units with the added support of the SAPS Air Wing. "We will not rest until we have tracked down these heartless killers and bring them to book‚" Sitole vowed. Describing the events as they unfolded‚ the police chief’s spokesperson, Brig Vishnu Naidoo, said in a statement that an unknown group of armed suspects entered the police station in the...
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