A senior police officer was allegedly attacked by a female awaiting trial prisoner during a routine cell visit .

It is alleged that the police officer’s went into the cells per the procedure to provide medication and clothes to one of the female suspects who is suspected to be mentally ill.

A female Lieutenant  Colonel went to wake the detainee and faced a sudden assault.

The suspect jumped on the police  officer, grabbed her by her hair and banged her head several times against the wall.

The female officer was also bitten in the neck and fellow officers rushed to her assistance, She was however fatally wounded and died of severe bloodloss.

The suspect had been previously arrested for several cases including an assault on police officer  and malicious damage to property.

It also came forth that some time ago,  the same suspect attacked  police officials while they were trying to apprehend her brother on an assault case at their home.

As a result, she had appeared at Kwamhlanga Magistrate’s Court on 31 August for two counts of malicious damage to property, assault, defeating the ends of justice, resisting arrest and her cases were postponed to 7 September.

Apart from the initial charges the captive now also faces a charge of murder of a police officer.