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The Hawks made a breakthrough and arrested five suspects in the murder of Police Sergeant Thomas Mashimbye.
The 42-year-old officer, who was attached to the VIP section at Union Buildings, was killed during a burglary at a home in Winterveld, north of Pretoria, in 2018.
Hawks spokesman Brig Hangwani Mulaudzi said Mashimbye was asleep in his home with his wife and two children when they were attacked by three gunmen.
He was shot several times and died at the scene. His wife and children were unharmed.
The alleged killers stole some household items and cash and then fled the scene.
Mulaudzi said that serious members of organized crime, the Gauteng Provincial Unit, the Tactical Response Team and the Ekhuruleni metro police arrested the five suspects in the eastern extension of Mogogelo, Winterveld and Soshanguve on Saturday.
The five suspects are expected to appear in Garankuwa magistrates court on Monday, facing charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
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