Cop shot dead
with his own pistol
The reason the police officer was
shot is not known, but a case of murder has been opened.
March 4, 2016
Netcare reacted strongly to suggestions that a
police officer who was shot on Sunday, died because he was allegedly refused
treatment by two of its hospitals.
A Sundumbili SAPS officer lost the fight for his life on
Sunday afternoon, only hours after being shot with his own service pistol.
Warrant Officer Bongani Cele (48)
was rushed to hospital in a critical condition after he was shot in the back by
two men who attacked him from behind and snatched his gun.
The bullet entered his body in the back and
reportedly traveled through the abdomen to exit the body in the front.
The incident happened on Sunday, February 28 at
Dark City in Sundumbili and KZN SAPS spokesperson, Major Thulani Zwane said
the motive for the attack was not known but a case of murder has been opened.
An arrest has yet to be made.
Cele, unable to move his legs and bleeding heavily
from his abdomen, could reportedly not be admitted to Alberlito or Umhlanga
hospitals’ 24 hour casualty units and he had to be transported to Ethekwini
Hospital, a hundred kilometres away from where the incident happened and where
Cele died later that afternoon.
IPSS Medical Rescue‘s head of
operations, Paul Herbst said they wanted to go to Alberlito but was told by the
trauma doctor on duty that there was no neorosurgeon available and she advised
that the patient be taken to Umhlanga where she made arrangements for a doctor
to receive Cele.
