Police have recovered firearms believed to belong to two anti-gang unit police officers who were among four people killed in Reiger Park on Friday night.
The SAPS Anti-Gang Unit and the Hawks retrieve firearms in Dukathole, Germiston. The firearms are believed to be those of Const Sphiwe Sibeko and Const Thapelo Tlomatsane who were shot and killed in Reiger Park on Friday.
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The rifles were recovered on Monday morning in Dukathole, Germiston, during an operation involving members of the Germiston SA Police Service, the anti-gang unit and the Hawks.
Sources within the police confirmed intelligence gathered during investigations and information obtained from people who were questioned led investigators to the firearms.
Const Thapelo Tlomatsane, 29, and his colleague Const Sphiwe Sibeko were killed in Reiger Park on Friday night.
National police spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe said preliminary reports indicate the members were part of a crime prevention team conducting patrols in the area. After hearing gunshots, they drove towards the source of the shots, where they were allegedly ambushed.
Two women were also killed.
Investigators are expected to establish how the weapons ended up in Dukathole and whether the people from whom information was obtained are linked to the killings.
Mathe said: “The two R5 firearms found belong to the two police members who were shot and killed. They are not the firearms used to kill them and the women.”
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