Engcobo police station
Ngcobo massacre accused due in court in May
Court documents outline all the accused were members of the seven Angels Ministry Church. They targeted the police officers for their firearms, which they...
Operations at the church have come under the spotlight following authorities' intervention to remove underage girls and young women from the premises.
Family, friends and colleagues have described Mateta as committed crime fighting constable in Ncogbo in the Eastern Cape.
The man was found in possession of one of the firearms stolen from the Ngcobo Police Station where five officers were killed last week.
Constable Kuhle Mateta (27) was gunned down allegedly by cult leaders while on duty at the station last Wednesday.
The officers were on their way from Mthatha to Ngcobo when their car collided with another vehicle just after midnight.
Four men have been charged with the murders of five police officers and a retired soldier in the eastern cape town on Wednesday morning.
Seven suspects were killed and 10 others arrested in connection with last week's murder of 5 police officers and a civilian at Ngcobo police station.
Francois Beukman says the committee will give moral support to the families of the deceased and the police.
Ipid says it's still too early to rule out excessive force in the shootout involving a police task team and suspects in Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape.
Earlier this week, six people, including five police officers, were killed in the attack on eNgcobo police station. Members of a task team set up to hunt down the killers swooped on a church on Friday night.
The police ministry's Vuyo Mhaga says they are pleased that the police met the 72-hour deadline set by the national police commissioner.
The Hawks says the open landscape where the suspects were hiding and the presence of women and children at the suspected cult made the operation even more difficult.
The Hawks say more than 10 other suspects have been arrested while others escaped.