Police officers robbed and killed on duty

JOHANNESBURG - Gauteng police have launched a manhunt for three suspects believed to be linked to the killing of two on-duty officers.

Two police officers where shot and killed in Boksburg north before the suspects fled the scene with the officers' service pistols and bulletproof vests.

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A 29-year-old constable and 45-year-old sergeant responded to a complaint of an unnatural death in the area and were waiting for a mortuary van at the time of the attack.