Police in South Africa lauched a major manhunt after an attempt was made to kill a senior officer Sunday night, three days before he was to appear as a witness at a commission investigating corruption at the highest levels in the country. File photo by Justin Lane/EPA-EFE
June 29 (UPI) -- A major investigation was underway in South Africa into the shooting of a senior police officer over the weekend as a possible attempted political killing because he was due to appear as a witness before a commission on criminality, political interference and corruption in the country's criminal justice system.
The South African Police Service said in an online post that it would commit maximum resources to the "high level" investigation into Sunday night's shooting of Maj. Gen. Feroz Khan in Johannesburg, with Acting National Commissioner Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpaneh ordering the involvement of the Political Killings Task Team.
Local media reports said Feroz sustained injuries to his lower body after two 9 mm rounds were fired at him in an ambush in the upscale Johannesburg district of Houghton and that his electronic devices were taken during the attack. He had been in his car, but it was not clear if he was shot in the vehicle, at a traffic light or was forced to stop and was attacked when he exited.
