The police members were on a routine patrol duty when the incident took place.
“The armed assailants wasted no time in issuing orders, instructing the officers to lie down on the ground,” Gauteng police spokesperson Constable Ntando Ngomane said in a statement.“They then proceeded to disarm the policemen, seizing two state-issued pistols bearing serial numbers Q064100 and Q090475, along with one magazine each, containing 15 live rounds of ammunition.
“Additionally, the perpetrators made off with the officers’ cellphones, leaving them without any means of communication.”Ngomane added that the assailants then resorted to violence, firing rounds at the police vehicle’s tyres.“The criminals made their swift escape from the scene in a white Audi A5, its registration number remaining unknown at this time. Law enforcement authorities later discovered eight spent cartridge cases and one live round at the scene,” she said.