A POLICEMAN is in a critical condition after he was shot multiple times on Maydon Road in the Bayhead area just after 7am this morning, Monday, 21 October.
Garrith Jamieson from Rescue Care said paramedics arrived to find the man in a critical condition.
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“He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his body and needed advanced life support intervention to stabilise him before he was rushed through to a nearby hospital,” he said.
According to Capt Pumzile Makaula from Umbilo SAPS, the policeman, who is from the Durban Harbour Crime Prevention Unit, was walking to work near the Dalbridge Train Station in Umbilo when he was shot.
“The two suspects got away with the policeman’s firearm. All relevant role players attended the crime scene,” she said.
Police are investigating a case of attempted murder.
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