Trio held for cops' kidnapping, shooting

Three men have handed themselves in for the abduction, kidnapping and shooting of two police officers.

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Durban - Three men have handed themselves in for the abduction, kidnapping, stripping and shooting of two police officers - one of whom susbsequently died, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Wednesday.

Police spokesman Major Thulani Zwane said the men handed themselves in at the Mariannhill Police station on Wednesday.

He said two of the three men were out on bail for charges of murder and assault with intent to do gracious bodily harm.

On Tuesday, Zwane said that the two officers were sent to serve a protection order on one of the three men at the Namibia informal settlement in Durban’s Inanda area.

“Whilst at the house, it is alleged that they were overpowered by three suspects who removed their firearms and stripped them of their police uniform before locking them at the back of the police van,” he said at the time.

The van was driven another 5km to the Ngcungcwini area where the two officers were then shot in the back of the van, with one of them dying instantly.

The surviving officer managed to get out of the van and crawl to a nearby house for assistance. She was airlifted to hospital and police launched a manhunt for the three men.

ANA