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A bullet ripped our family apart: slain hero cop ‘took oath seriously’

08 September 2020 - 06:03 By belinda pheto
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Detective Warrant Officer Delene Grobler-Koonin was shot and killed by armed robbers while responding to reports of a planned cash-in-transit heist in Mahikeng, North West, in March.
Detective Warrant Officer Delene Grobler-Koonin was shot and killed by armed robbers while responding to reports of a planned cash-in-transit heist in Mahikeng, North West, in March.
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She was a “superhero”.

Nothing could prepare Detective Warrant Officer Delene Grobler-Koonin’s family for the day she didn’t return home from work.

 

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