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- The murdered chief police officer Charl Kinnear was remembered at a special ceremony in Cape Town.
- The provincial police commissioner described his death as cruel and heartbreaking.
- Kinnear, who was shot and killed in front of his home, will be buried on Saturday.
The Western Cape SAPS held a wreath-laying ceremony and memorial service to honor the life of the slain Lt. Col. Charl Kinnear.
Kinnear was shot and killed on September 18.
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The service was held in Belhar on Wednesday, with the assistance of the Kinnear family and other official members of the Western Cape.
Western Cape Police Commissioner Lt. Gen. Yolisa Matakata described Kinnear’s death as a “tragedy with irreversible implications.”
“Seeing your loved one collapse in his vehicle, killed because he was shot, is not only cruel, but inhuman and heartbreaking,” Matakata said.
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She described him as an “experienced detective”, who had an outstanding record.
Assassinated senior police officer honored at his memorial.
MEC for Community and Safety Albert Fritz offered his “deepest condolences” to Kinnear’s wife, Nicolette, and their children.
“The colonel was a person of incredible principle,” Fritz said. “Every attack on the police is an attack on the state.”
Kinnear was shot outside his home in Bishop Lavis.
Kinnear’s younger brother Grant also spoke about his brother at the memorial.
Charl Kinnear, the assassinated Top cop, honored at his memorial.
Speaking on the podium, he said that his brother was a family man who treated everyone with the same respect.
“Charl loved brotherhood and he loved unity,” he said.
Kinnear’s funeral will be held on Saturday, October 3.
