Police Minister Bheki Cele revealed that five people have died since violence seemingly linked to the taxi strike erupted. Ten Golden Arrow buses have been torched since taxi operators suspended their services across the province.
Families of slain police officers demand the harshest sentence for killers Police Minister Bheki Cele visited the grieving families on Tuesday. Police Minister Bheki Cele visited the grieving family of 46-year-old Sgt Mnakwazo Mdoko who was shot and killed while on patrol in Bloekombos, alongside his partner Sgt Breakfast. Picture: Twitter/@SAPoliceService
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CAPE TOWN - The families of two slain police officers have demanded the harshest punishment for their killers, even suggesting the death penalty.
Sergeant Mnakwazo Mdoko and Constable Mninawa Breakfast were patrolling in Bloekombos on Sunday when they were ambushed and shot dead.
Four men have been taken in for questioning and one of them has already been charged.
He says police will work tirelessly to bring the killers to book.
#PoliceMinistry [TODAY] Police Minister, Gen #BhekiCele, is in Cape Town today to conduct an oversight visit to the Kraaifontein policing area, where #SAPS officers Sgt Mdoko & Const Breakfast were shot & killed on Saturday morning. #PoliceKillings ME pic.twitter.com/wTSWMjtXMa SA Police Service (@SAPoliceService) March 2, 2021
#PoliceMinistry Police Minister will also visit their families. Sgt Mdoko (46) & Constable Breakfast (28) were ambushed by a group of suspects whilst on patrol in Bloekombos when they came under fire. Both were declared dead on the scene and their official firearms were stolen ME pic.twitter.com/D44k4HrkjL
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