Crime in SA | Counting the human cost of police killings

GQEBERHA - The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) is urging SAPS members to be more vigilant and try and work in larger groups.

This follows a recent spate of police killings.

At least 12 officers have been killed nationally over the course of this year.

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But in the Eastern Cape, the situation is even deadlier.

In the past year, seven officers have been murdered.

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Most recently, this number's risen to ten after three on-duty cops were killed within a single week.

SAPS bosses say they are angered by the senseless killing as the alleged perpetrator committed the crime while he was on parole.

* eNCA's Ronald Masinda reports.