{
  "id": 8223145,
  "title": "JUST IN | Two Eastern Cape police officers shot dead responding to spaza shop attack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/just-in-two-eastern-cape-police-officers-shot-dead-responding-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T09:32:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-09-18-just-in-two-eastern-cape-police-officers-shot-dead-responding-to-spaza-shop-attack/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two Eastern Cape police officers were shot and killed early Friday while responding to a reported attack on a spaza shop in Ziphunzana Location, Libode, near Mthatha.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Police launch manhunt after officers gunned down in Eastern Cape",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/police-launch-manhunt-after-officers-gunned-down-in-eastern-cape",
        "published": "2026-09-18T09:24:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}