BY ARON MAKELENI
A police officer was shot dead inside the Motherwell court building.
It is believed the officer’s service pistol was taken.
Unconfirmed reports say a colleague may also have been shot.
police sergeant who was serving as a court orderly at the Motherwell Magistrate’s Court in Gqeberha on Wednesday morning.
At the time of his death, the 42-year-old sergeant had 16 years’ service with the police.
Provincial spokesperson Brigadier Thembinkosi Kinana said that according to the police’s preliminary investigation, the arrested suspect entered the Motherwell Court building at about 9.20am, disarmed the member, shot and killed him with the State firearm and thereafter fled on foot.
“Members of the Anti-Gang unit who were patrolling the area immediately responded and were alerted by a taxi driver that the suspect who was in possession of the firearm was in the taxi.
“The suspect immediately opened fire at the police and members returned fire, and the suspect sustained gunshot wounds and was transported to hospital under police guard,” Kinana said.
Kinana also said that police recovered the member’s state firearm, and commuters who were in the taxi at the time were not injured in the crossfire.
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