Police officer killed on patrol in Mfuleni, colleague in a critical condition | Cape Times

Cape Town – A police officer has been killed in Cape Town after being shot in the head, while a colleague is in a critical condition in hospital.

""National police commissioner General Khehla John Sitole has ordered that the 72-hour activation plan be mobilised in an effort to bring the suspect or suspects to book." Police arrested 30 people after violence erupted in Samora Machel in Philippi in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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