China News Agency, Johannesburg, May 8 (Reporter Wang Xi) The Western Cape Provincial Police in South Africa held a press conference on the 8th local time to report that a vicious attack on police occurred in a hospital in Cape Town, South Africa on the evening of the 7th. , has caused three deaths.

  According to Western Cape Police spokesperson Novela Potelwa, a local police officer escorted a suspect to the Somerset Hospital in Cape Town on May 7 for medical treatment , during which the police is responsible for guarding the suspect throughout the process.

During hospitalization, a 40-year-old man who was in the same ward as the suspect suddenly rushed in front of the police, grabbed the policeman's gun and shot him, causing the policeman to be shot in the head and seriously injured.

  The man then continued to fire at other people in the same ward, killing two people, aged 42 and 48, at the scene.

The police officer who was attacked was rushed to the hospital for treatment, but died during the rescue due to his serious injuries.

  After the incident, the Western Cape Police acted quickly and quickly disarmed the attackers and arrested them.

  So far, the South African police have not disclosed more details about the incident, and the investigation into the cause of the incident is ongoing.

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