Overview

• Police say fellow officers intervened during crime-prevention duties in the CBD and detained two suspects at the scene.
• The pair faces counts of assaulting a police official, resisting arrest, defeating the ends of justice and malicious damage to property.
• Footage shows the assailant elbowing the constable and pulling off her wig during a struggle at a police vehicle.
• Northern Cape provincial commissioner Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola condemned the assault and warned that offenders will face the full might of the law.
• SAPS reports the member is receiving counselling through its Employee Health and Wellness unit, while posts online identified the suspects as 20 and 21.