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A police sergeant has been shot dead during a robbery in Kopanong in Bloemfontein.
Police spokesperson, Captain Harry Nagel, says the 41-year-old man was shot in the head outside a supermarket.
Four gunmen robbed the store shortly before 2pm.
When they tried to flee the police arrived and they ran back into the shop.
They re-emerged guns blazing, hitting the sergeant.
He died on the scene.
The robbers ran away with cash, a laptop, and a police service pistol.
