{"id":12243,"date":"2021-06-16T17:27:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T17:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=12243"},"modified":"2021-06-16T16:57:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T16:57:26","slug":"saps-k9-unit-officer-killed-in-umlazi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/saps-k9-unit-officer-killed-in-umlazi","title":{"rendered":"SAPS K9 unit officer killed in uMlazi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>DURBAN &#8211; A POLICE officer was shot dead in uMlazi on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Sergeant Siyabonga Hadebe who was attached to Umlazi K9 was playing a game of pool with friends next to his home at C section in uMlazi when he was shot.<\/p>\n<p>A source in the area told Daily News that two men entered the building and one grabbed the officer&#8217;s hand while one shot him at close range.<\/p>\n<p>Although it is unclear how many times the officer was shot, a source said he heard at least three shots.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele confirmed the incident.<\/p>\n<p>She said the information they received was that the deceased was next to his home playing pool table with friends when he was attacked.<\/p>\n<p>Police will release more details later.<\/p>\n<p>Last month KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Community Safety, Liaison and Transport, Peggy Nkonyeni, in a statement said that between April 2020 and March 2021, 11 on-duty and 10 off-duty police officers were killed in the province.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Constable Mfihloyakhe Ndlovu, 45, was shot while he and a colleague were responding to a domestic violence dispute in Welbedacht. The suspect was killed in a shoot-out with police.<\/p>\n<p>In March a police officer from Umkomaas was shot dead on his way to work.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the 55-year-old captain was approaching a speed hump on the M14 in the Roseneath area, when the suspects opened fire.<\/p>\n<p>That same month Sergeant Jeremy Martin Paul, from the Mountain Rise SAPS, was killed while tracing a suspect in an attempted murder case in the Swapo area.<\/p>\n<p>On May 25 acting Ndwedwe police station commander Lieutenant Jabulani Ndawonde was shot dead at the Bhamshela taxi rank near KwaMaphumulo.<\/p>\n<p><b>Daily News<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. DURBAN &#8211; A POLICE officer was shot dead in uMlazi on Tuesday night. Sergeant Siyabonga Hadebe who was attached to Umlazi K9 was playing a game of pool with friends next to his home at C section in uMlazi when he was shot. 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