Allegations of police brutality are being levelled against a covert intelligence assault team whose members allegedly shot a disarmed suspected robber moments after he was arrested.
The alleged robber, who had earlier been wielding an R4 semi-automatic rifle, along with four other suspects, armed with 9mm pistols, were caught shortly before they could attack an embassy in Pretoria last week.
While police claim the shooting was “justified”, an eyewitness, Pretoria News reporter Barry Bateman, tells a different story.
Bateman was driving past the Engen garage in Rigel Avenue when he saw police arresting the suspects.
“I watched officers use excessive and unwarranted force against the suspects, who had already been subdued and detained. A police officer shot a prone suspect in the leg moments after having detonated a stun grenade centimetres from his head”
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