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Cop killer nabbed
28 Mar 2016 at 12:01hrs | Views
The man who knocked over a 40-year-old traffic officer working in Tzaneen in a hit-and-run incident has been arrested, Limpopo police said today.
Daily Sun reported that the officer was hit by a speeding car while performing point duty outside Tzaneen on Sunday, Lieutenant Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said. The middle-aged man who knocked over the officer was arrested on Sunday night.
"After the accident he did not stop, he disappeared.... he [then] went to the nearest police station and handed himself in and said 'I have knocked a traffic officer'," said Ngoepe.
The man is expected in the Tzaneen Magistrate's Court on Tuesday on a charge of culpable homicide.
Daily Sun reported that the officer was hit by a speeding car while performing point duty outside Tzaneen on Sunday, Lieutenant Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said. The middle-aged man who knocked over the officer was arrested on Sunday night.
The man is expected in the Tzaneen Magistrate's Court on Tuesday on a charge of culpable homicide.
Source - Daily Sun
