A reserve police officer was gunned down in Ekangala, east of Pretoria in the early hours of Monday morning.
The constable and a colleague were responding to a house break-in when they were shot at, said police spokesperson Brigadier Vish Naidoo.
“As the officers arrived at the scene, the suspects fired at them, killing the reserve constable.
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“His partner, a warrant officer, escaped unscathed.”
The shooters got away and the police officer’s service pistol is reported to have been taken.
Naidoo said police will investigate a case of murder.
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