Acting Transport, Community Safety, and Liaison MEC Kwazi Mshengu condemns the brutal murder of two off-duty officers and orders police to launch a manhunt for their killers

Acting Transport, Community Safety, and Liaison MEC Kwazi Mshengu condemns the brutal murder of two off-duty officers and orders police to launch a manhunt for their killers

Acting KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Mr. Kwazi Mshengu, has tasked police to scour the province and leave no stone unturned in the search for the assailants who killed two off-duty police officers in execution-style in Taylor’s Halt, near Pietermaritzburg last night.

Reports indicate that Sergeant Makhosaze Mdlangathi, 33, and Sergeant Mfikelwa Mtolo, 36, were driving in a Polo Vivo vehicle and were travelling to Sergeant Mtolo's homestead when they were ambushed by unknown suspects. About thirty Pistol and Rifle cartridges were found on the scene. Sergeant Mdlangathi and Sergeant Mtolo had multiple gunshot wounds on their bodies and their firearms were not found on the scene. The motive for the killing is unknown at this stage, and no arrests have been made.

Sergeant Mdlangathi was stationed at Plessislaer Police Station and Sergeant Mtolo was stationed at Richmond Police Station. MEC Mshengu has condemned the callous murder of the two police…


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