Widow wants answers
THE wife of a senior policeman who was killed at the weekend during an ATM bombing in Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg, has demanded answers from his killers.
"All I want is to meet them and for them to tell me why they killed him. Today I am a widow because of them," Portia Sekgabi said.
Lieutenant-Colonel Moloantoa Sekgabi, 50, was killed during a gun battle between the police and ATM bombers. He was the detective commander attached to Ennerdale police station.
Sekgabi and his colleagues were responding to an ATM bombing at Ennerdale shopping centre when robbers opened fire on them.
Portia said she last saw her husband on Thursday night when he went to work.
"I was awoken by four policemen who told me that my husband had been killed. He loved his job and did everything to see criminals arrested," she said.
The widow has pleaded with her husband's colleagues to swiftly arrest the suspects.
"Why did they kill him? Today I have lost a husband and partner because of these criminals. My two daughters have lost a father, thanks to them. My home will no longer be the same because of them," a weeping Portia said.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Tshisikawe Ndou said no arrest had been made.
Ndou said Sekgabi was on duty at Ennerdale police station when he and his colleagues responded to the explosion. On seeing the police the robbers opened fire and Sekgabi was shot in the neck. He died on the scene. The robbers fled in a minibus taxi they had hijacked earlier.
Meanwhile, on Friday night police arrested four men who attempted to blow up an ATM in Tshiawelo, Soweto. Ndou said they were trying to link the suspects with Sekgabi's killing.
"At the moment we can't say that they are involved in Sekgabi's death. Our investigations would reveal that," Ndou said.
The men were arrested after a resident saw them near an ATM. Ndou said the men were about to blow up the ATM when the police responded. Police recovered an unlicensed firearm, two gas cylinders, surgical gloves and a pepper spray.
The four, aged between 25 and 40, are expected to appear in the Protea magistrate's court today.
ATM bombers at mall kill cop
Widow wants answers
THE wife of a senior policeman who was killed at the weekend during an ATM bombing in Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg, has demanded answers from his killers.
"All I want is to meet them and for them to tell me why they killed him. Today I am a widow because of them," Portia Sekgabi said.
Lieutenant-Colonel Moloantoa Sekgabi, 50, was killed during a gun battle between the police and ATM bombers. He was the detective commander attached to Ennerdale police station.
Sekgabi and his colleagues were responding to an ATM bombing at Ennerdale shopping centre when robbers opened fire on them.
Portia said she last saw her husband on Thursday night when he went to work.
"I was awoken by four policemen who told me that my husband had been killed. He loved his job and did everything to see criminals arrested," she said.
The widow has pleaded with her husband's colleagues to swiftly arrest the suspects.
"Why did they kill him? Today I have lost a husband and partner because of these criminals. My two daughters have lost a father, thanks to them. My home will no longer be the same because of them," a weeping Portia said.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Tshisikawe Ndou said no arrest had been made.
Ndou said Sekgabi was on duty at Ennerdale police station when he and his colleagues responded to the explosion. On seeing the police the robbers opened fire and Sekgabi was shot in the neck. He died on the scene. The robbers fled in a minibus taxi they had hijacked earlier.
Meanwhile, on Friday night police arrested four men who attempted to blow up an ATM in Tshiawelo, Soweto. Ndou said they were trying to link the suspects with Sekgabi's killing.
"At the moment we can't say that they are involved in Sekgabi's death. Our investigations would reveal that," Ndou said.
The men were arrested after a resident saw them near an ATM. Ndou said the men were about to blow up the ATM when the police responded. Police recovered an unlicensed firearm, two gas cylinders, surgical gloves and a pepper spray.
The four, aged between 25 and 40, are expected to appear in the Protea magistrate's court today.
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