On March 30, 2015 at about 04:00 the police from O. R. Tambo International Airport spotted a suspicious truck in Albertos street, Kempton Park next to the cemetery.
They stop and approach the driver who was sitting alone in the front of the truck and ordered him to get out. They inspected the truck and observed that the registration number plates at the back and at the front were not the same and there was no license disc.
The members instructed the driver to open the back of the truck. He said he has no key for the back and he made a phone call.
A unknown male in a grey bakkie arrived and tried to persuade the police not to open the back of the truck.
He drove off and the driver opened the back where six suspects armed with AK47’s and pistols started firing at the police.
A police member was shot in the lower body and was rushed to Arwyp Medical Centre in Kempton Park.
The suspects jumped into the police van and drove off.
At Pomona road they hijacked a Honda Ballade and abandoned the police van. Inside the police van a magazine of an AK47 was found with live rounds.
A number of spent cartridges were found at both scenes.
The injured police member is in a stable condition.
No arrests have been made and investigations are continuing.
Source – Intelligence Bureau SA
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