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Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Nokuthula Maseko, a traffic police officer based at the Hlathikhulu Police Station has been killed by a speeding car while on duty in a roadblock.<\/b><\/p>\n

Eswatini police officers have adopted a tendency of staging roadblocks in \u2018secluded\u2019 places, camping for unsuspecting motorists,<\/p>\n

thus placing their lives and those of motorists in serious danger.<\/p>\n

The police officer, a resident of Luyengo-Mlandvo community died on Saturday, his sister-in law Nomfundo Bulunga confirmed to this journalist who went \u2018undercover\u2019 on Sunday evening, as the matter was kept a top secret by the police authorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe died in a car accident while on duty, the accident happened yesterday(Saturday)\u201d, said the deceased sister in-law when speaking to this journalist who pretended to be a relative when investigating the matter.<\/p>\n

But after this journalist formally introduced himself, Nomfundo Bulunga terminated the conversation, fortunately, the information had been verified to be true.<\/p>\n

A questionnaire was sent to Police Spokesperson Superintendent Phindile Vilakati, however, she had not responded at the time of compiling this report.<\/p>\n

It is alleged that the police officer was stopping and searching vehicles with other officers but unfortunately, she was killed by the speeding car.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Eswatini<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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