GREGORY EDMUND BECK
Right.  On the night of the 22nd April 1988 I reported for duty.  At that time I was doing crime prevention duties, I was in the uniformed branch.  I am now a detective attached to Soweto Investigation Unit holding the rank of Detective Inspector.  At that time I was a sergeant.
 I reported for duty at 18H00 and I was supposed to complete my duties the following morning at six o'clock.  My duties were to patrol the area of Soweto, and we had warrants that were executed on people who partook in the rent boycotts at that time.  I was accompanied by three other constables and I was the sergeant in charge.  
 Well during the night, at about midnight we had already arrested three civilians, that was in the area of Emndeni.  I was supposed to take these three civilians to the rental office at Zola where they would get further instructions on how to go about paying the arrears of their rents.
 On my way from Emndeni to Zola at about five minutes before one o'clock in the night, opposite house, I think it's house 2975 and 2976 Emndeni our patrol was ambushed.  It was very dark I couldn't see anything.  I was the driver of the vehicle.  I just suddenly heard the sound of automatic and rapid fire from - machine gun fire.  Then I heard screams at the back, from the people at the back of the van that I was patrolling with were hit, one civilian was hit through the neck.  And then suddenly I heard shots all over round me that was shot from the sides, concentrating on my position as the driver.
JOHANNESBURG HEARING TRC/GAUTENG
4 G BECK
 The shots riddled through the bodywork of the vehicle, past my body, past my head and shattered the windscreen and windows of the vehicle.  I then accelerated to pick up speed in order to get the people to safety and I didn't know whether my assailants were on foot or by car, but eventually the engine of the vehicle was struck and I was hit through the right leg at the tibia several times.  
 We were demobilised.  I could hear my bones breaking the way the shots hit my leg and I was then out of action and I told my fellow colleagues to jump out and take cover.  I had a portable radio in my hand and I then took cover behind a tree and radioed for assistance to the control room and the members of the control room sent the duty officer, reinforcements as well as an ambulance to the scene.  I was out of action at that time.  
 I then learnt that one of the civilians, I don't know his name, the male, was hit through the neck and was in a very critical condition.  One of the policeman, a constable, was hit through the - with a flesh wound, through the thigh, and I was hit through the tibia several times with AK47 rifles.