A KwaZulu-Natal station commander has been shot and killed in a state vehicle.
The police officer, who was stationed at the Ndwedwe police station, died in a hail of bullets on Monday night. He has been identified as Colonel Jabulani Ndawonde.
"The station commander of Ndwedwe police station has been gunned down at Bhamshela taxi rank," police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbhele said.
Ndawonde was understood to be travelling home when the occupants of a bakkie opened fire on the vehicle, Mbhele said.
"It is alleged that at about 18:30 Colonel Ndawonde was on his way home, using a state motor vehicle, when a white NP200 mini-pickup truck [overtook] him and [the occupants] started shooting at Colonel Ndawonde," she said.
Ndawonde succumbed to his wounds, Mbhele added.
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