Feroz Khan: Senior South African crime intelligence officer survives tried assassination

Certainly one of South Africa’s most senior cops has survived an tried assassination in Johannesburg, police say.

Deputy crime intelligence boss Maj-Gen Feroz Khan was shot on Sunday night as he was driving dwelling and has since been rushed to hospital for emergency surgical procedure, native media say.

The taking pictures comes simply days earlier than Khan was on account of seem earlier than a public inquiry set as much as examine criminality in South Africa’s police power.

South African police spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe mentioned in an announcement launched on Monday that police had been investigating.

“It’s untimely and irresponsible to invest on any doable motive or to conclude that the incident is linked to his anticipated look earlier than the [inquiry]”, she mentioned.

The inquiry, referred to as the Madlanga fee, was arrange after senior police officer Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi alleged final July that organised crime teams had infiltrated the federal government.

Khan, and two different individuals, had been arrested final month for alleged unlawful dealing in, and illegal possession of, treasured metals.

This stems from a 2021 incident when a businessman was discovered with unwrought gold weighing 75.9g (2.7 oz) at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo worldwide airport.

The businessman claimed he was performing as an secret agent linked to senior cops when questioned.

Investigators later discovered that “no authorised undercover operation involving treasured metals existed on the time” however as a substitute Khan, and one other officer “instructed officers” to launch the businessman, prosecutors mentioned in Could.

He has not but commented on the allegations however had been freed on bail.