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News24 reports that Western Cape police have arrested two more suspects following the shooting of a Cape Town police officer on Monday.
Police spokesperson Captain Frederick van Wyk said a 30-year-old man, accompanied by his lawyer, handed himself over at the Maitland police station. On Tuesday, the police's anti-gang unit also arrested a man whose firearm was suspected to be linked to the shooting that left the officer with severe injuries. The firearm will undergo ballistic testing to ascertain if it was used in this shooting incident or any other criminal activities. The on-duty Kensington police station constable was wounded after he and his colleague approached three people on the corner of Lugmag Avenue and Drommedaris Road in Factreton, Kensington, for questioning shortly after midnight on Monday. As the suspects fled on foot, they fired shots in the direction of the police officers, wounding the 34-year-old constable. The police detained two suspects for questioning. Voicing his frustration at the attack on officers, Western Cape police commissioner Thembisile Patekile said: “My concern on the attack and killing of the police in this province is [that it is] becoming the fashion. Right now, we have a member fighting for his life in hospital after he was shot in Kensington." Kensington Community Policing Forum (CPF) chairperson Jameelah Liedeman said the officer was recovering well in the hospital. "He is recovering from his injuries, although the road to a full recovery will take time," said Liedeman.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Lisalee Solomons & Cebelihle Bhengu at News24
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