News - Crime & Courts: Police gun down fellow cop (Page 1 of 2)

News - Crime & Courts: Police gun down fellow cop (Page 1 of 2): "policeman charged with the murder of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Pillay was shot dead while in custody by officers of the Durban organised crime unit on Tuesday.

Constable Thandanani Dube, 30, had been arrested, with his cousin Sakhiseni Dladla, on June 17 in connection with Pillay's murder.

Colonel Jay Naicker said officers took Dube from Sydenham police station to their Cato Manor offices for interrogation.

'The suspect requested to go to the men's room. Two organised crime officers escorted him and removed his restraints."

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