Cop shot and robbed of gun at Athlone voting station

04 August 2016 - 14:12
By Deneesha Pillay

A police officer stationed at a voting station in Athlone‚ Cape Town sustained a gunshot wound‚ police said on Thursday. According to police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Andrè Traut ‚ the officer was attacked by four armed suspects and was robbed of his service pistol. Black people don’t appreciate the value of voting: Mantashe“Black people do not appreciate the value of voting.

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