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Trenta poliziotti sono stati assassinati quest’anno nella provincia del Gauteng. Lo ha reso noto il commissario provinciale Perumal Naidoo nella conferenza stampa tenuta per annunciare l’arresto a Pretoria di due individui sospettati di aver commesso almeno di tali omicidi. I due erano evasi lunedì dalle celle della stazione di polizia di Randburg e nella fuga avevano ucciso l’ispettore Thandokuhle Ngubane, trovato morto dai colleghi. Dopo quell’episodio il commissario Naidoo aveva assunto l’impegno di ricatturare i due entro 24 ore e aveva assegnato alla loro caccia 50 poliziotti. Insieme ai due sospetti assassini sono state arrestate quattro persone sospettate di averli aiutati nell’evasione.
Alleged police killers caught
JOHANNESBURG – Thirty police officers have lost their lives in Gauteng since the beginning of this year.
This was disclosed by Provincial Police Commissioner Perumal Naidoo last night. He was briefing the media on the arrests of two men allegedly responsible for at least one of the murders.
“They were running, we were chasing and they did not reach the finish line”, Naidoo said, contradicting earlierreports, and the general belief among fellow officers, that the men simply handed themselves over at a police station east of Pretoria.
No shots were fired during the chase. The two awaiting-trial prisoners escaped from the Randburg police holding cells earlier this week after allegedly murdering a police officer.
Krishan “Scully” Naidoo, 27, and Aboobiker Jawad Aboobiker, 22, escaped on Monday night after allegedly overpowering Inspector Thandokuhle Ngubane, 40, while he was doing a routine cell inspection.
Ngubane was found dead when officers went to check up on him.
He had been tied up with pieces of blanket and had a shredded piece of blanket thrust into his mouth.
Naidoo thanked the task team of more than 50 officers for delivering on his ultimatum, made on Wednesday, that the suspects had to be behind bars within 24 hours. Four people who were believed to have helped the escapees were also arrested.
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