{"id":28645,"date":"2021-03-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?guid=ca6a890cacd58e044edf7a45cf9a105a"},"modified":"2021-03-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T00:00:00","slug":"suspect-arrested-for-attack-on-kwazakhele-police-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-attack-on-kwazakhele-police-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect arrested for attack on Kwazakhele police officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EASTERN CAPE &#8211; The Port Elizabeth Serious Organised Crime team of the Hawks arrested a 22-year-old suspect on Wednesday, 10 March 2021 in connection with an incident where two New Brighton police officials were shot at and their official vehicle hijacked in Kwazakhele in February this year.<\/p>\n<p>Sergeant Wongile Ntengo (40) and Sergeant Sonwabile Litole (31) were going about their routine patrols when they were suddenly ambushed by four armed suspects whilst they were talking to a civilian on the street. The four suspects reportedly approached the marked police vehicle from all four doors and instructed the two police officials to alight.<\/p>\n<p>Following a brief standoff, Sergeant Ntengo was shot on the head and stomach whilst his crew was unharmed. Both officials were then robbed of their official firearms, bullet-proofs and personal belongings including cellphones. The suspects drove-off in the police vehicle, it was found abandoned a short distance from the scene. The critically injured member is still receiving treatment at the medical facility.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile following a widespread search the investigators caught up with the 22-year-old suspect on Wednesday in Kwazakhele after he attempted to evade arrest. The suspect is expected to appear in the New Brighton Magistrate\u2019s Court today to face charges of attempted murder, armed robbery and hijacking.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EASTERN CAPE &#8211; The Port Elizabeth Serious Organised Crime team of the Hawks arrested a 22-year-old suspect on Wednesday, 10 March 2021 in connection with an incident where two New Brighton police officials were shot at and their official vehicle hijack&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Suspect arrested for attack on Kwazakhele police officers - South Africa Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-attack-on-kwazakhele-police-officers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Suspect arrested for attack on Kwazakhele police officers - South Africa Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"EASTERN CAPE - The Port Elizabeth Serious Organised Crime team of the Hawks arrested a 22-year-old suspect on Wednesday, 10 March 2021 in connection with an incident where two New Brighton police officials were shot at and their official vehicle hijack...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-attack-on-kwazakhele-police-officers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-11T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"sjadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sjadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-attack-on-kwazakhele-police-officers\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-attack-on-kwazakhele-police-officers\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"sjadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b5258049232dc72b42ad1073df5c990f\"},\"headline\":\"Suspect arrested for attack on Kwazakhele police officers\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-11T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-11T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-attack-on-kwazakhele-police-officers\/\"},\"wordCount\":220,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"General\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-attack-on-kwazakhele-police-officers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-attack-on-kwazakhele-police-officers\/\",\"name\":\"Suspect arrested for attack on Kwazakhele police officers - South Africa Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-11T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-11T00:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-attack-on-kwazakhele-police-officers\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-attack-on-kwazakhele-police-officers\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/suspect-arrested-for-attack-on-kwazakhele-police-officers\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Suspect arrested for attack on Kwazakhele police officers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa Journal\",\"description\":\"Hub for all the Latest News &amp; 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