5 cops killed by gun gang

FIVE police officers were shot dead when a gang stormed a police station.

The gunmen burst in and opened fire randomly, killing three in South Africa early yesterday

They fled in a police van with two hostages whose bodies were found on the roadside. An off-duty soldier was also killed in Ngcobo, Eastern Cape.

Police commissioner General Khehla Sitole said: “We will not rest until we have tracked down these heartless killers.”