By ObakenG Maje
The North West Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Zukiswa Mbombo has noted with shock the video that portrays Police Officers in a Police vehicle as spectators when they attended to a crime scene in Lomanyaneng, Mahikeng.
The video presents us with contradicting information from the initial information that we received from the report sent to us by the station. This information was that Police arrived at the scene after the incident had already happened, and found the man already dead” Lieutenant Gen. Zukiswa Mbombo said.
The Provincial Commissioner further said Police Officers should know better, as the Police Officers is to ensure at all times that they enforce the law and that law enforcement can never be compromised.
“She said it is only fair that people must allow the law to take its course and never take the law into their own hands. Police are there to ensure that incidents such as this do not happen” Mbombo said.
“The duty of every Police officer is to prevent crime and save lives by also ensuring that perpetrators of crime are brought to book. It is an offence for a crime to be committed in front of a Police Officer” she said.
This has made the Provincial Commissioner of North West to set up an internal investigation to ensure that the Police officers involved are called to account of their actions. She said the outcomes of this investigation will advise her on the relevant action to take against the members concerned.
The Mahikeng cluster commander has also been tasked to ensure that perpetrators who contributed in the gruesome mob justice incident are arrested and brought before the court to answer for their actions.
The Provincial Commissioner assures the public that lawlessness will never be tolerated.
“The South African Police Service has systems in place to deal with Police officers who do not take their jobs seriously such that a life is lost” said Lieutenant General Zukiswa Mbombo.
This follows after a 24 year old woman was murdered on Saturday, 25 May 2013 at about 09:00 at her place by her 25 year old ex-boyfriend who stabbed her with a knife on the chest and died on the scene.
“It is alleged that after the incident, the suspect ran away and the community members who saw what happened followed him and took the suspect back to where the stabbing incident happened. The community members allegedly stoned the suspect until he died.
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