The Independent Police Investigative Directorate is investigating an off-duty Durban metro policeman who intervened in an argument between two mini-bus taxi passengers‚ which ended in the cop allegedly shooting one of them.
Video footage of the Saturday night incident‚ in the suburb of Sydenham‚ has since gone viral.
Police spokesman Captain Nqobile Gwala said the metro police officer‚ who was off-duty at the time‚ was travelling in a taxi when an argument ensued between two passengers.
“The police officer intervened and tried to calm both parties. The taxi was brought to a halt by the driver and the fighting occupants alighted...