Police killings
Sapu wants Ramaphosa to declare cop killings a national disaster
This follows the murder of a police sergeant in Vrygrond. Malose Lebelo was gunned down on Sunday. His killers are still at large.
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Police launch investigation after off-duty cop killed in Vrygrond
The 38-year-old man, who was stationed at Steenberg Police Station, was shot and killed in Vrygrond during the early hours of Sunday morning.
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An off-duty police constable shot dead in Delft
The 40-year-old constable who was stationed at Mowbray Saps was shot dead on Friday.
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Trio accused of killing 2 Kraaifontein police officers appear in court
The officers were on duty last weekend when they were shot and killed.
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Limpopo police hunt suspects involved in killing of Groblersdal officer
Groblersdal Station Commander Jeffery Seroka died after coming under a hail of bullets just outside his home on Saturday.
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Kinnear assassination: Sapu says probes into police deaths not prioritised
Detective Charl Kinnear - who was part of the anti-gang unit and was at the helm of investigations into gang and underworld figures - was assassinated outside his Bishop Lavis house last Friday.
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Suspect arrested for murder of eThekwini metro cop due in court
Dumisani Zondi (42) was stabbed to death three weeks ago after calling on a group of people to stop drinking at a sports ground in Montclair.
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North West cops hunt for killers of constable Thato Makhoana
Constable Thato Makhoana’s body was found with a gunshot wound along a farm road outside Mahikeng earlier this week.
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Man arrested for murder of off-duty Northern Cape cop
The Upington-based officer had slept over at a friend's home in Keimoes when he was found stabbed to death in a bed on Wednesday.
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‘Killed like flies’: CPF condemns murder of Cape police officer
Lieutenant colonel Andre Kay was shot and killed while off duty on Thursday.
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Off-duty cop killed in Kleinvlei
The constable, who was stationed in Delft, was stabbed to death during an apparent robbery on Sunday.
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Cele, Mabuza pay homage to fallen SAPS officers
The minister was joined on Sunday by Deputy President David Mabuza and National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole at the annual SAPS commemoration day at the Union Buildings.
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Cele, families to commemorate fallen SAPS heroes
The annual event is in honour of the men and women in blue who've lost their lives while performing their duties.
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Two suspects questioned after Lavender Hill cop's murder
Donovan Prins was gunned down on Monday after chasing after suspects in Lavender Hill.
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Nigerians join online protests to denounce police killing
The protesters called on the government to end police brutality, after several years of complaints, with Amnesty International calling the latest death an 'unlawful killing'.
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Gauteng police launch manhunt for suspects behind cop’s murder
Police on Thursday said they had launched a manhunt after the fatal shooting of the officer who was off duty on Wednesday.
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Nine police killed in attack in Myanmar’s Rakhine - police
A bloody military crackdown in 2017 forced some 740,000 Rohingya Muslims over the border into Bangladesh in violence UN investigators have said warrants the prosecution of top generals for genocide and crimes against humanity.
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Sitole calls for speedy arrest of 4 men who shot, killed Limpopo cop
Police say constable Petrus de Lange was investigating a possible drug deal at Ladanna when he was attacked by gunmen.
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‘Criminal onslaught’ on cops strongly condemned
An off-duty officer was shot dead by two men outside his home in KZN and a PE police captain was also killed on Tuesday.
