KWAZULU-NATAL. – A police station commander, a colonel, was shot dead on Thursday afternoon, 12 November, on the R33 in the direction of Msinga when a shootout broke out following a shop robbery in Greytown. The colonel and her team responded to the robbery, during which a shop owner was shot and wounded and employees were assaulted.
Col. Robert Netshiunda said at least 10 suspects fled the robbery scene in a Toyota Quantum. Police officers and private security caught up with them on the R33, where a shootout broke out. The station commander was declared dead at the scene and a sergeant was taken to hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm.
Two suspects were shot dead. A third was wounded, arrested and taken to hospital under police guard. Police seized two rifles and a handgun. A search is underway for the remaining suspects, who have fled.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
