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Police minister to attend police officer funeral - FS

───   JOSCA HUMAN 10:18 Sat, 21 Jul 2018

Police minister to attend police officer funeral - FS | News Article
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Police minister Bheki Cele is attending the funeral of a police officer in Ficksburg, Free State, on Saturday.


Motlalentoa Mahlatsi was shot and killed in Germiston, Gauteng, while on duty. He was attending to a complaint when the incident occurred.  

Minister of Police, together with SAPS senior management, have visited the family in their Germiston home and attended the first court appearance of the four cop killers in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court earlier this week. This comes after four suspects were linked to the shooting of the 37-year-old Mahlatsi.

The suspects were tracked down by a multi-disciplinary team from Gauteng‚ consisting of seasoned investigators‚ tactical response and tracking teams after an intelligence-driven operation in Gauteng and Mpumalanga.

The first two suspects were arrested in Katlehong for alleged involvement in the killing of Constable Mahlatsi. 

Police linked one of them to the alleged murder of another police officer‚ 36-year-old Constable Bafana Happy Hlungwani‚ who was killed in Germiston in April.

During the arrest police recovered a hijacked Chevrolet Cruz‚ an AK-47 assault rifle‚ a magazine and rounds of ammunition.


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