Policeman shoots wife, brother-in-law dead before turning gun on himself
An Eastern Cape constable appeared calm and was seen laughing shortly before shooting and killing his wife and brother-in-law.
Minister of Police Bheki Cele addressing media on the progress of investigations into KZN political killings, at Durban police head quarters, 13 September 2018. Picture: Sibonelo Ngcobo / African News Agency (ANA)
Gomba told DispatchLive that Mbaduli and his wife had an altercation in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
“I heard the wife knocking on the main house calling for her brother. Mbaduli repeatedly said: ‘Ndidikiwe! [I am fed up]’, and the wife replied: ‘Xa udikiwe ungahambi nje! [If you are fed up why don’t you leave?]’”
Mbaduli then drove off, Gomba reportedly said.
“He came back later and left again until I saw him in the afternoon when he sent me to the spaza shop.”
Gomba said it sounded like a fairly unremarkable fight and the couple showed no signs of major tension.
The incident comes in the same week that the 2017/18 crime stats were released, indicating that the murder rate has risen by 6.9 percent. Police Minister Bheki Cele described South Africa as being close to a “war zone”.
Violence against women and children saw an increase.
The Eastern Cape was reported to be the second-worst province in the country in terms of murders.
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