Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has condemned the attack on six South African Police Service members in Vanderbijlpark on Tuesday morning.

Police conducted an operation by the K9 unit at house No.70 De Forest Street‚ which is a well-known alleged drug dealer’s house.

Police conducted an operation by the K9 unit at house No.70 De Forest Street‚ which is a well-known alleged drug dealer’s house.

Police found four occupants who were inside the house with a deceased person‚ a Nigerian national.

A video emerged online showing a dead man lying on the ground during the raid.

In the video‚ a group of men were shouting at and aggressively asking the police who killed the man.

One police was shoved down and intimidated by a man who had a gun in his hands. “Six police officers were injured after being assaulted by a group of men. The police were following information on a drug house in the area. During the attack the police used shots to disperse the crowd. No one was shot at or injured‚ said Gauteng police spokesperson Kay Makhubele.

According to Makhubele‚ the deceased was not killed by the police as he had no visible shots on his body.

“Police are investigating assault‚ murder and attempted murder (charges). No arrests have been made yet. The police officers were medically treated after the incident‚” Makhubele said.

Mbalula said the armed police present did all they could to de-escalate an explosive situation.

“I am very proud of our police and it shows we are achieving our goals in having (a) professionalized police service‚ but this does not mean our police are open to assaults and other threats on their lives‚” Mbalula said in a statement.

He said no amount of anger could justify the attack of police officers and he said undermining of police was equivalent to undermining the authority of the state.

Mbalula has instructed the police to clamp down decisively on those thugs‚ who saw it fit to attack the police officers.

BREAKING: VANDERBIJLPARK- The Vanderbijlpark SAPS has urged residents and motorists to avoid the area in Forest Street between Currie Boulevard and Hallwatch Street due to a shootout between the SAPS and Nigerians. Police spokesperson, Sergeant Gertrude Makhale, told the 90.6 FM Stereo News Team in an interview just before 14:00 that SAPS members wanted to search a house in CW5 earlier today, but no one came to answer the door. When police could get in eventually, they found a corpse in the house. However, when relatives of the person who was found dead arrived, they were under the impression that the SAPS killed the person and the situation escalated. Makhale said three police officers were assaulted, one of which was critically injured and taken to a hospital. Two police vehicles were damaged. Warning shots were fired after the assault on police officers. Makhale said there are about 50 Nigerians at the scene and they will make arrests as soon as more back-up from the SAPS has arrived. Various SAPS units are already on the scene and they have closed off the roads around the area.
PHOTOS: (Vaalweekblad journalist Jannie du Plessis, who was on the scene)

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