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A senior Limpopo police official was killed in front of his home on Saturday.
Groblersdal Police Station Commander Colonel Lebyane Jeffrey Seroka, 57, was shot and killed by unknown suspects outside his home in Maganagobuswa village around 04:30 a.m. Saturday as he was on his way to a funeral.
According to Limpopo police spokesman Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo, the suspects seized Seroka’s vehicle, a white Toyota Hilux, and fled the scene.
The vehicle was later found abandoned along the Denilton-Maklerekeng road.
Since then, Denilton police have launched a manhunt for the suspects.
“Preliminary police investigations indicated that the deceased woke up early in the morning and prepared to go to a funeral. At approximately 04:00 hours he left the house and, when he was preparing to leave, he was shot dead in front of his door, “Mojapelo said.
The motive for the murder is unknown, but police investigations are continuing, he said.
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