| Re: Reward on cop killers' heads [boodskap #92895] |
Sun, 16 May 2004 06:15 |
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> Reward on cop killers' heads
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> Bisho - Police offered a reward of R250 000 for information leading
> to the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible for the
> killing of two Eastern Cape policemen.
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> Captain Zukile Bawuti, the acting head of the East London serious
> and violent crime unit, was shot while investigating a cash-in-
> transit heist on a farm near Stutterheim. He died on the way to the
> hospital.
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> Director Gary Mclaren, provincial head of the serious violent crime
> unit said on Thursday: "He was one of my most outstanding officers
> within the serious violent crime component in the Eastern Cape.
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> "His dedication led to his downfall."
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> Provincial spokesperson Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela said the 41-
> year-old captain had gone with two police inspectors to the farm.
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> As they approached a house on the farm, shots were fired and the
> captain was hit in the chest.
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> The attackers fled into nearby bushes, but "left behind their
> shoes".
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> The police dog unit, the crime combating unit and a helicopter took
> part in an ex assisting in the search.
>
> A Volkswagen Golf reported hijacked in Port Elizabeth and a white
> Toyota Corolla, believed to have been stolen, were found at the
> farm.
>
> Bawuti is the second policeman to be murdered in the area in two
> days - on Monday, Sergeant Lindile Tempi was shot dead in Duncan
> Village.
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> No arrests have been made yet in either case.
>
> Mclaren said police would like to question six men in connection
> with Bawuti's killing as well as the recent spate of cash-in-transit
> robberies in the Eastern Cape.
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> They are: Nonelelo "Koko" Kwinti, Sithembele Lawrence Diniso, 30,
> Vumisa Vernon Nyengane, 24, Dan Nkqwiliso, Andile Booi and Vumilisa
> Skepe.
>
> Anyone with information on either killing can call Mclaren on 082-
> 779-7228 or Captain Bongani Maqashalala on 082-417-6956.
>
> Edited by Tisha Steyn
Snaakse vanne, is dit nou blankes wat dit gedoen het ?
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