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IOL News reports that the SA Police Service (SAPS) lost another colleague in the line of duty on Saturday in Mpumalanga. Three officers were killed in 24 hours.
Sergeant Lauwrence Dumisani Mtshweni, 47, attached to the Schoemansdal SAPS, was gunned down in the early hours of Saturday morning. The provincial Acting Police Commissioner, Major General Dr Zeph Mkhwanazi, said that the officer was killed in the line of duty while attending to a business robbery in progress in Schoemansdal near Komatipoort. A manhunt has been launched for 10 suspects. This murder followed the killings of two officers attached to the Florida police station, who were shot on Friday morning in Roodepoort while transporting an awaiting trail prisoner. National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola said these were not only attacks on the justice and crime prevention security cluster, but direct attacks on the authority of the rule of law and the state. In the last financial year, 27 men and women in blue died in the line of duty. From 1 April 2025 to date, six police officers have lost their lives to criminal attacks and ambushes.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Robin-Lee Francke at IOL News.
- Read too, SAPS hunt cop killers after three officers fatally shot in the line of duty, at News24 (subscription / trial registration required).
- And also, One of the suspects in the killing of Mpumalanga cop arrested, at SABC News
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