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Retired East London top cop shot dead, family tied up during home invasion robbery PREMIUM By Bhongo Jacob - 17 May 2021
An evening at home took a tragic turn for an East London family who watched helplessly as retired Eastern Cape policeman Brigadier Joseph Jongile was gunned down inside his Baysville residence.
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Former police commander gunned down! News24 Police line. Credit: News24
The retired head of the Eastern Cape police s Operational Response Services division, Brigadier Joseph Jongile, was shot dead during a suspected house robbery at his Baysville home in East London on Friday night.
Jongile also served in the ANC s armed wing, uMkhonto we Sizwe.
He died after sustaining two gunshot wounds during a struggle with one of five armed robbers, who broke into his McJannet Drive home at 21.50 on Friday.
After Jongile was gunned down, his wife and children were tied up, and the house was then ransacked.
Valuables worth R80 000 were stolen during the incident.