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Two EC police officers shot dead

SABC News South Africa · 18 September 2026 at 12:28

Two police officers have been fatally shot at Ziphunzana location, in Libode near Mthatha in the Eastern Cape.

Police spokesperson Nobuntu Gantana says the officers, aged between 30 and 51, were attached to the National Intervention Unit.

Gantana says the officers were found dead after they had resp

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