South African police officers
who killed a suspected robber by shooting him in the head as he lay on the
ground have handed themselves in after a surveillance video of the act was
broadcast, the police said.
The footage released over the weekend by The Sunday
Times newspaper shows a uniformed member of the South African Police Service
(SAPS) shoot the unidentified man in the head at point blank range after he had
been shot in the shoulder and chest.
The suspect was already lying
on the pavement after the bullet to his shoulder felled him as he fled from the
police, the video showed as blood from the man’s head formed a pool on the
pavement shortly after the shots to the chest and head. “They have handed
themselves in and we arrested them, three males and a female.
‘’They are facing charges of
murder, but we might add other charges,” Independent Police Investigative
Directorate (IPID) spokeswoman, Grace Langa, said. Langa said the officers
would remain in custody overnight despite the officers’ pleas for the process
to be expedited, so they can appear before a Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
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