LADY COP GUNNED DOWN

SAPS mourns murders of police constable and admin clerk

- BY MARSHA DEAN

THE South African Police Service is in mourning following the deaths of two female members who were fatally shot in separate incidents over the weekend.

On Saturday, the body of a 31-year-old off-duty constable stationed at the Bishop Lavis Police Station was discovered in her car in Langa.

Brigadier Novela Potelwa, a police spokesperson, confirmed the incident and stated that the Directorate for Priority Crime (Hawks) are currently investigating the murder.

Potelwa reports: “The 31-year-old female constable who was attached to Bishop Lavis SAPS was discovered in her vehicle close to a primary school in Bennie Street with gunshot wounds.

“When she left her home in Kraaifontein on [Friday] night after knocking off duty, she was heading to an evening church service. Directorate for Priority Crime detectives have initiated a murder investigation with no arrests effected yet.”