[Published: Wednesday February 21 2018]
Armed robbers kill five police officers in South Africa
Mthatha, South Africa 21 Feb (ANA) - Five police officers and a soldier have been shot dead during a raid on their station in South Africa's Eastern Cape province. Three officers were killed instantly when the armed robbers burst into the police station in Ngcobo, near Mthatha, and opened fire early this morning, according to a statement released by the South African Government News Agency.
The off-duty soldier was shot as the assailants fled, taking two other officers hostage. Their bodies were found 6km (4 miles) down the road. According to the government statement, both men had been shot "execution style". Police do not yet know the motive for the attack. The suspects are known to have robbed a cash machine shortly before. They took 10 firearms and a police van from the station.
General Khehla John Sitole, the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, has vowed to find the killers, saying this morning he was ""appalled and deeply saddened by the cold and callous attack".(ANA)
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