Police in the Eastern Cape have arrested five suspects after a policeman was killed with gunfire while sleeping in his house in Ngcobo.

The death toll has gone up to 72 since the start of the unrest in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, while 1 234 arrests have been made.

A 30-year-old man is expected to appear in the Simon’s Town Magistrate’s Court in connection with the murder of a Cape Town policeman.

Police top brass have praised the investigation and prosecution team that swiftly brought two cop killers to book with stiff sentences.

Police killings are an attack on the state according to KZN MEC Kwazi Mshengu therefore no police officer should die with a gun in his hands

An Eastern Cape policewoman and her friend were handed triple life sentences in the Port Elizebeth High Court after being found guilty of the gruesome murders of her policeman boyfriend and his cousin.

The 36-year old Marikana policewoman, Julia Makgareetsa, was gunned down in an operation at Rooikoppies township.