South African army officer killed in shoot-out along Lesotho border
A South African National Defence Force (SANDF) officer was killed in a shoot-out during an operation along the Lesotho border on Friday, eastern Free State police said.
Inspector Loraine Kalp said Captain Andrew Webb, 25, was wounded in the chest after a man opened fire on him and a patrol during a border operation around 8.15pm [local time].
The joint operation involved the police, the defence force, the National Intelligence Agency and the department of Home Affairs.
Webb was shot and wounded when he an others of the joint task team stopped and approached a vehicle along a gravel road near Fouriesburg.
As they approached, the driver opened fire and tried to speed away.
The team returned the fire.
During the shoot-out, Webb was shot in the chest.
He later died in a provincial hospital at Bethlehem.
Webb was from 1 Special Services Battalion at Bloemfontein.
He was participating in Operation CIFAT II:2004, a regional initiative to combat the flow of illicit firearms across Southern African Development Community borders.
His killer, driving a red Volkswagen Golf GTI, remains at large.
Police are seeking the help of the public to bring the man to book.
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