{"id":75645,"date":"2017-11-22T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/75645\/policeman-hijacked-shot-whilst-returning-from-crime-scene\/"},"modified":"2017-11-27T10:14:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T08:14:15","slug":"policeman-hijacked-shot-whilst-returning-from-crime-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/11\/22\/policeman-hijacked-shot-whilst-returning-from-crime-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Policeman hijacked, shot whilst returning from crime scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well known local policeman<\/a> Warrant Officer Wimpie Botha from the Middelburg Stock Theft Unit, is currently recuperating in hospital.<\/p>\n

Read: Suspect killed in foiled hijack attempt<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

He was hijacked when a silver Audi with four occupants forced him off the road at a traffic circle.<\/p>\n

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The Middelburg Observer reported on the incident in the Tuesday edition. Since then, shocking details have surfaced.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He was ordered to drink an unknown substance and drive to a deserted location. There he was ordered out of his vehicle.<\/p>\n

W.o. Botha managed to take his keys out of the ignition and throw it into the grass before he got out. Attackers took his service pistol from him.<\/p>\n

When he refused to get into the Audi, he was pushed to the ground and shot through both his legs.<\/p>\n

He managed to take his service pistol back from his attackers and fired several shots at them. They fled in the Audi.<\/p>\n

W.o. Botha drove around in a drugged state. He eventually ended up at a farmhouse where the farmer and his wife tended to his wounds and drove him to\u00a0hospital.<\/p>\n

Read: Substance allegedly used to drug children<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

W.o. Botha is currently receiving treatment at Life Cosmos Hospital<\/a> in eMalahleni<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read: Hijack fail<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Read: Teacher arrested for stock theft<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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A policeman, returning from investigating a crime scene, was hijacked and shot on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":75638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Jana Boshoff","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[9378,2996,9204,9375,21966,972,9374,9373,9377,9376,4715],"class_list":["post-75645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-cosmos-hosptial","tag-emalahleni","tag-hijack","tag-killed-on-duty","tag-middelburg","tag-police","tag-police-killed","tag-policeman-shot","tag-stock-theft-unit","tag-verena-road","tag-witbank"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["cosmos hosptial","emalahleni","hijack","killed on duty","middelburg","police","police killed","policeman shot","stock theft unit","verena road","Witbank"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}