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Thohoyandou businessman identified as hospital shooter

Preliminary police investigations have revealed that it is a licensed firearm belonging to Mochatau, Ngoepe confirmed.

POLOKWANE – A 36-year-old businessman, Thizwilonde Mochatau from Thohoyandou, was identified as the gunman of a shooting at the Pietersburg Provincial Hospital on Friday evening, 23 August.

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Police Spokesperson, Col Moatshe Ngoepe says an inquest was opened as well as a case of attempted murder.

Mochatau was transported to the hospital via planned patient transport from Venda to Polokwane and on arrival, drew his firearm and randomly fired shots in the renal ward.

The victim was a 32-year-old male nurse on duty. Ngoepe says shortly after the first shots, another shot was heard and Mochatau was found in a pool of blood with the firearm next to him. He was certified dead at the scene and the firearm confiscated.

Preliminary police investigations have revealed that it is a licensed firearm belonging to Mochatau, Ngoepe confirmed.

The motive behind the shooting is not clear at this stage but Ngoepe says police investigations are ongoing.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

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