Second police officer gunned down
A second police officer has been gunned down in just one day.
The South African Police Service (Saps) has confirmed that a 54-year-old Warrant Officer from KwaZulu Natal was shot and killed outside his home on Tuesday night.
"Warrant Officer Bhekisigcino Zethembe Khwela was in the company of his son and a friend chatting outside his house in KwaNdengezi when at least two gunmen, who were on foot, fired several shots at them.
"The Mariannhill detective was killed instantly after he was shot multiple times, his son was wounded and the friend escaped unscathed," says police spokesperson Vishnu Naidoo.
Earlier on Tuesday morning, another police officer was gunned down.
Captain Lumkile Wiseman Tyibilika was killed in New Brighton, in the Eastern Cape.
National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole has vowed to track down the killers.
"The killing of our two colleagues yesterday is a reflection of what police must endure on a daily basis.
"I have instructed the provincial commissioners of both the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal to mobilise maximum resources to track down those responsible and bring them to book.”
Police have been given 72 hours to hunt down and arrest the suspects.