Two men are expected to appear in the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court in the Northern Cape this week for assaulting a police officer in Beaconsfield.

In a video that has gone viral, the men are seen attacking the officer who was trying to arrest a suspect.

Provincial police spokesperson Mashay Gamieldien says, “The provincial commissioner of the South African Police Service in the Northern Cape, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, has strongly condemned the attack on a female police constable during crime prevention duties in the Kimberley CBD. In the video that has gone viral, a man can be seen attacking the female member who was conducting her duties. The pair face the following charges: assaulting a police official, resisting arrest, defeating the ends of justice, and malicious damage to property. The female SAPS member sustained minor injuries and did receive medical attention.”