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A major police shooting incident occurred on Thursday, 12 November 2026, along the R33 road between Greytown and Msinga in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, leaving a senior female police officer dead and another officer wounded.
Police have launched a manhunt after a station commander was killed and another police officer injured during the shootout.
The commander and her officers were responding to a business robbery in which a shop owner was shot and injured, and employees were assaulted in Greytown in the midlands.
Police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says at least ten suspects fled the scene in a minibus taxi and, working with private security, they gave chase and caught up with the suspects on the R33.
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“The police lead by the station commander gave chase and caught up with the suspect along the Adendale road towards Umsinga. A shootout ensued between suspects and the police, the suspects shot the station commander and she was declared dead on the scene,” said Netshiunda.
He concluded in saying,” A sergaent was shot on the arm and was sent to hospital for medical attention. Two suspects were shot and fatally wounded, and one was injured.”
