Top cop’s lucky escape from
thugs
THE Eastern
Cape’s top cop, Lieutenant- General Celiwe Binta , had a lucky escape when five
gunmen shot at her vehicle in a botched hijacking in Berlin outside East London
on Saturday.
LOOKING FOR
CLUES: Police officers comb the crime scene yesterday in Berlin outside East
London, where Eastern Cape police commissioner, Lieutenant-General Celiwe
Binta’s BMX X3 was shot at by five heavily-armed thugs in a botched hijacking
attempt Picture: SINO MAJANGAZA
Her driver was
injured in the incident.
The police
commissioner, her police bodyguard and a female passenger, were driving towards
Lingelitsha township near Berlin just before midday on Saturday, when the
gunmen allegedly tried to hijack her BMW X3 at an intersection near the
township.
The bodyguard was driving slowly to negotiate the road, when the men surrounded the car and pointed guns, including an R5 rifle, at the passengers.
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