Eastern Cape officer shot

A policeman was shot and wounded by three men in Ngqamakwe, Buttterworth, Eastern Cape police said on Monday.

   

The 45-year-old warrant officer was shot on Sunday in Main Street, where he had parked his vehicle, said Captain Jackson Manatha

   

"Three armed men ordered the police officer and the other occupant of the vehicle out of the car. The officer was robbed of his service pistol." 

   

The men fled in the policeman's Toyota Corolla, registration DWD 296 EC.

   

Manatha said the police opened a case of attempted murder and car hijacking.

   

-Sapa