KWAZULU-NATAL. – A suspect wanted in connection with the murder of two crime intelligence officers who were ambushed in April in Mount Edgecombe has been fatally wounded this morning during a police operation in Inanda. A member of the special task force was injured during the operation.
Col. Robert Netshiunda, police spokesperson, confirmed the shooting scene where police remained present.
Sers. Mandla Khuzwayo and Capt. Louis Nel were on their way in an unmarked state vehicle on 30 April when armed attackers opened fire on them. Nel died at the scene, while Khuzwayo succumbed to his injuries at hospital later.
The latest development follows police tracking down a suspect linked to the murders. Further details about the operation and the circumstances under which the suspect was fatally wounded have not yet been released.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
