Two heartless skelms have been arrested for the murder of a Table View cop during a business robbery on Friday.
According to the Hawks, the suspects were traced after a shootout in Killarney Gardens on Friday night which resulted in the death of Sergeant Nameto Molema, who responded to the call for help.
Daily Voice sources say the 48-year-old sergeant was hit in the head following the heist at GR Spice, while his partner Sergeant Malibongwe Mnani, 38, was shot in the leg.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa says the Hawks are investigating a case of murder, attempted murder and armed robbery.
“Following an armed robbery at a business in Killarney Gardens early on Friday morning by four suspects, police and a local security company responded to a call for assistance,” she says.
“Upon arrival at the business premises, the robbers, who had held staff at gunpoint inside the building, started shooting at the police as they fled.
“A shootout started, leading to two police officials being wounded and two robbers also being injured.
“Sadly, a police sergeant from Table View who sustained a gunshot wound to his head died on arrival at a medical facility in the area.
“Another policeman was shot in the leg.
“One robber was wounded and arrested on the scene.
“Meanwhile, a second suspect aged 36 who also sustained a gunshot wound, was apprehended in the vicinity.
“Two other suspects are still at large.”
Hawks spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Philani Nkwalase, says while two skelms who were injured in the shootout remain in hospital under police guard, their two friends were busted the next day and will appear in court today.
“Two suspects, aged 29 and 32, will appear in the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court for murder and attempted murder of police officers.
“The Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team in Bellville with Crime Intelligence and National Intervention Unit arrested two suspects [Saturday] morning.”
Community Police Forum (CPF) chairperson, David Harris, says: “We are totally devastated.
“As a forum of police, CPF, neighbourhood watch patrollers and armed response companies, we are a very close-knit family and the loss of a family member has been very traumatic.
“We have spent the weekend providing emotional support to his colleagues.
“We condemn this incident and call on the courts to hand down the harshest penalty to the accused.”