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In Johannesburg in June, cops and robbers shot it out for hours in what has become known as the Jeppestown massacre.
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Again we must not forget that when we lost four policemen in the Jeppestown shoot-out, those that were arrested we illegal immigrants.
Speech by Jerome-Joseph Maake during the debate on the Presidency budget Vote 2008
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He said the SANDF cordoned off areas in Jeppestown and Cleveland while the police searched the Wolhuter, George Goch and Denver hostels.
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The police understood their responsibility and were prepared to die for it, as shown at Jeppestown last year where four policemen were killed in a siege with a group of men believed to have robbed a supermarket.
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The Jeppestown massacre last week and the killing of another police officer in Lenasia on Monday had shaken the public's confidence.
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SA Police Service (SAPS) who died in a confrontation with armed criminals in Jeppestown yesterday (25 June 2006).
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The shootout in Jeppestown on Sunday was an indication that police were "taking the war to the criminals", government spokesman
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The chamber was referring to last Sunday's attack in which four police officers died in a fierce gun battle in Jeppestown.
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"These criminals were gathered in a house in Jeppestown, 24 of them, surely neighbours should have seen lots of people gathering and made a call to the police," he said.
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"What led to the shooting in Jeppestown was essentially the police taking the war to the criminals," Maseko said.
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