According to police spokesperson Mmako Mophiring, the police officer and his friend allegedly walked from a tavern in Bochabela Village in Phuthaditjhaba around 02:00 on Sunday morning. 

Apparently, the two met a group of unknown men who attacked them. The police officer was struck with a sharp object on his head and fell to the ground, while the friend managed to escape and the group fled the scene on foot.

Mophiring adds that the police and ambulance were summoned at about 09:00 in the morning and the victim was declared dead on the scene. When the three suspects were arrested, an okapi knife was confiscated which is believed to be the murder weapon.

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