An unfortunate shooting incident took place in the Algoa Park policing area this morning at around 5:00 am, when a uniformed SAPS member mistook another police member, reported to be a detective from Algoa Park SAPS, as a robber and shot him 5 times.
He was apparently struck 3 times in the legs and twice in the upper body.
No further details are available at present, nor is the detectives’ condition known.
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A different report says the detective was shot 3 times and is currently being operated on – in any case let us pray for a speedy recovery for the unfortunate gentleman.