Man who attempted to rob KZN cop shot and killed

Police have shot dead a man who attempted to rob an officer in KwaZulu-Natal.

The suspect targeted the cop in Botanic near the Durban University of Technology Steve Biko Campus on Wednesday morning.

Advance Life Paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said the officer opened fire in self-defence.

“Paramedics arrived on the scene to find SAPS [South African Police Service] and multiple security personnel in attendance and were shown to a male believed to be in his twenties who had sustained a gunshot wound to his head. Paramedics assessed the man; however, the man had sustained fatal injuries and was declared deceased on the scene.”