Report according to Aljazeera said four South
African police officers have surrendered
themselves after a surveillance video of them
shooting a suspected robber was broadcast. In
CCTV footage obtained by South Africa’s Sunday
Times newspaper, police can be seen kicking
and fatally shooting the suspect after he has
already been disarmed.
“They [the police officers] have handed
themselves in and we arrested them,”
Independent Police Investigative Directorate
spokeswoman, Grace Langa, said on Monday.
“Three males and a female. They are facing
charges of murder, but we might add other
charges.” The suspect, identified as Khulekani
Mpanza, fired at police while attempting an
armed robbery. Officers chased him from the
scene to the point where he was killed on the
pavement in Krugersdorp, west of
Johannesburg.
Langa said the officers would remain in custody
overnight despite their pleas for the process be
expedited, and will appear before a magistrates
court on Tuesday.
“They were stressed. They were requesting the
investigators to [allow them to] appear in court.
But there is no special treatment,” Langa said.