KZN station commander killed in shootout with suspected robbers - News24

A KwaZulu-Natal police station commander was killed in a shooting in Greytown on Thursday afternoon, and a sergeant was injured.

Two of the gunmen were also killed and a third, who was wounded, is under police guard in hospital.

According to police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda, the station commander, a colonel, had responded to a business robbery in which a shop owner was shot and employees were assaulted.

“At least 10 suspects fled the scene in a Toyota Quantum and the police, led by the station commander, working together with private security, gave chase and caught up with the suspects on the R33 Road towards Msinga,” said Netshiunda.

“The suspects shot at the station commander, and she was declared dead at the scene. A sergeant was shot in the arm and was rushed to hospital for immediate medical attention. Two suspects were shot and fatally wounded, and one was injured,” he added.

Two rifles and a handgun were confiscated.

Acting provincial police commissioner Major-General Phumelele Makoba said: “An attack on police officers is an attack on the state, and police will use every available resource to trace the suspects. The suspects will know no peace, and police will hunt for them day and night. On behalf of the management of police in KwaZulu-Natal and the entire workforce, I send our heartfelt words of condolences to the family of the fallen heroine. The least we can offer now is justice, and we shall find the suspects, dead or alive.”

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