South Africa: SAPS Constable Faces a Murder Charge Following Arrest By Independent Complaints Directorate

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A 30 year old police Constable was on Monday, 22 August 2011 arrested by the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) following the shooting and subsequent death of a 24 year old male. The suspect officer is stationed at Viljoenskroon South African Police Service (SAPS).

The allegations are that on 15 August 2011, five armed men robbed a Pakistani-owned City Mini-Hyper shop where they made out with loot amounting to R3 000.00, cigarettes and airtime vouchers.

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