{"id":109625,"date":"2016-01-21T10:08:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T08:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=109625"},"modified":"2016-01-21T10:11:32","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T08:11:32","slug":"watch-sa-police-man-shot-at-close-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/109625\/watch-sa-police-man-shot-at-close-range\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: SA police officer shot at close range"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video has been posted by the City of Cape Town showing a traffic police officer being shot at point blank range while on duty.<\/p>\n<p>The video, which was captured on dash-cam, shows an unidentified criminal approach officer Nizaam Alexander during a traffic stop.<\/p>\n<p>The criminal drew a gun, which jammed at first, before attempting to steal the officer&#8217;s gun.<\/p>\n<p>As Alexander moved away from the criminal, he was shot in the back at close range &#8211; but he still managed to roll into a tactical position and return fire.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander then returned to issuing the fine to the driver he stopped, before seeking medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the video here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1kUGxPZuSM4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to the city, his officer Alexander received the City of Cape Town Traffic Services Departmental Officer of the Year Award for his dedication to service.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More videos<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Watch: \u2018Zuma has a golden toilet at Nkandla\u2019\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/109229\/watch-zuma-has-a-golden-toilet-at-nkandla\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Watch: \u2018Zuma has a golden toilet at Nkandla\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Watch: Motorcyclists popping wheelies on busy Joburg streets\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/108359\/watch-motorcyclists-popping-wheelies-on-busy-joburg-streets\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Watch: Motorcyclists popping wheelies on busy Joburg streets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Watch: SA news anchor mocks education minister\u2019s English\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/108257\/watch-sa-news-anchor-mocks-education-ministers-english\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Watch: SA news anchor mocks education minister\u2019s English<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Watch: shootout between criminals and residents at Joburg complex\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/107805\/watch-shootout-between-criminals-and-residents-at-joburg-complex\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Watch: shootout between criminals and residents at Joburg complex<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video has been posted by the City of Cape Town showing a traffic police officer being shot at point blank range while performing his duties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":109629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26,4770],"class_list":["post-109625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-headline","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109625"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109641,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109625\/revisions\/109641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}