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Churchgoers beat up metro police officer

13 November 2017, 6:11 AM  |
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In a video taken by a bystander the officer can be seen overpowered, disarmed and assaulted.

In a video taken by a bystander the officer can be seen overpowered, disarmed and assaulted.

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In a video taken by a bystander the officer can be seen overpowered, disarmed and assaulted.

The City of Johannesburg’s Mayoral Committee Member for Public Safety, Michael Sun, says the mob of church congregants who attacked a JMPD officer in Hillbrow on Sunday must face the full might of the law.

In a video taken by a bystander, the officer can be seen firing warning shots into the air in an attempt to ward off the attack, before being overpowered, disarmed and assaulted.

Sun says he will visit the officer in hospital once the medical team gives him the go-ahead.

“I am extremely angered to have received reports and later saw the video of how our JMPD officer and tow truck drivers were assaulted by congregants of a so-called church.”

“We understand that our JMPD officers were enforcing by-laws when they tried to tow away a vehicle owned by one of the church members that was blocking the traffic. We will not let this one go. We will track down and make sure that the culprits are being forced to face the full might of the law,” adds Sun.

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