{"id":48843,"date":"2023-11-21T11:41:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T09:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/slain-table-view-police-officer-identified-as-manhunt-for-suspects-continues-20231121\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:51:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:51:28","slug":"slain-table-view-police-officer-identified-as-manhunt-for-suspects-continues-20231121","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/slain-table-view-police-officer-identified-as-manhunt-for-suspects-continues-20231121\/","title":{"rendered":"Slain Table View police officer identified as manhunt for suspects continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Table View police officer who was killed in a shooting in the Site 5 informal settlement on Sunday has bee identified as Capt Linda Buqa.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The reason for the shooting still remains unclear.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Police are continuing their search for the suspects responsible for the shooting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Condolences are<br>\npouring in for the slain Table View police officer who has now been identified<br>\nas Capt Linda Buqa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buqa was shot and<br>\nkilled in the Site 5 informal settlement in Table View on Sunday 19 November.<br>\nThe reason for the shooting still remains unclear. According to police<br>\nreports the suspects also fled with the policeman\u2019s firearm. Police are<br>\ncontinuing their search for the suspects responsible for the shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/tygerburger\/manhunt-launched-for-slain-police-officer-shot-dead-in-table-view-cape-town-20231120\" target=\"_blank\">Manhunt launched for slain police officer shot dead in Table View, Cape Town<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buqa, hailing from<br>\nButterworth in the Eastern Cape has two daughters, aged 25 and 20 and two sons<br>\naged 25 and 27. He joined the police on 09 September 1993. He was a shift<br>\ncommander and was promoted to the rank of Capt on 1 December 2018 to Table View<br>\nPolice Station. He worked in Centane when he started his career in the police<br>\nand was later transferred to Butterworth in 1996. In 2005 till 2018 he worked<br>\nat Cofimvaba Police Station. 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