Another cop from Motherwell in the Eastern Cape has been shot and killed outside a tavern.
Sergeant Khayalethu Mbonomnyama Was shot and killed while seating in his car.
The shooting, just days after a court orderly was killed in the area, has sparked calls for the reinstatement of the death penalty.
Mbonomnyama, who hails from Mthatha and was stationed at the Swartkops Rapid Response Unit, was waiting in his car — a red Volkswagen Polo GTI — for meat he had ordered at Aya’s Lounge when two armed men opened fire.
“He [Mbonomnyama] came in and ordered the meat, he then waited in his car for one of the tavern workers to take him the meat,” an eyewitness said yesterday.
“His girlfriend was in the passenger seat.” Another eyewitness said Mbonomnyama’s girlfriend was hysterical and shouted for help.
The tavern owner said though Aya’s Lounge had surveillance cameras, none of them were working at the time.
At Mbonomnyama’s house in Coega Village, where he lives with his girlfriend, no-one was home yesterday morning.
Neighbours described him as quiet, approachable, neat and respectful. Hawks spokesperson Captain Yolisa Mgolodela said the motive for the shooting was not yet known.
Mbonomnyama was not on duty at the time of the shooting.
On Wednesday last week, 41-year-old court orderly Sergeant Mario Nel was killed with his own service pistol while inside the Motherwell court.
The high number of cops who have been shortlisted and killed in recent months has been a cause for concern.
Police minister Bheki Cele has previously spoken about how officers have become targets by criminals.
source: https://www.news24.com/news24/community-newspaper/pe-express/another-police-officer-shot-and-killed-in-motherwell-20230508
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