MEC slates cop killings

Western Cape community safety MEC Dan Plato yesterday condemned the brazen attacks which saw two off-duty police officers shot dead in separate incidents in Delft and Khayelitsha in Cape Town over the weekend.

He reminded the public that the R100 000 reward for information on police killers still stood.

“My sincerest condolences go out to the families of constables Lonwabo Kili and Siyamcela Ncipa, their friends, and colleagues for their loss,” Plato said.

He said attacks on police in the province would not be tolerated.

The murders of police officers for seemingly no other reason than to obtain their firearms were disgusting acts of criminality and had no place in society, he said. “It is for this reason that I remind the law-abiding residents in our communities that the department of community safety’s R100 000 reward still stands for anyone with information that will result in the arrest and successful conviction of cop killers in the Western Cape,” Plato said.

“I trust that the full police investigation will uncover those responsible for the planning and execution of these murders,” he said.

He said only a few individuals in society were responsible for these crimes. Those responsible were, however, someone’s child, someone’s sibling, or someone’s neighbour, and these were the people who needed to break their silence and assist the police.