NCAPE SOLDIER HELD AFTER SHOOTINGS.
Police from Postmasburg in the Northern Cape arrested a 34-year-old member of the South African National Defence Farce on Saturday after two men and a woman were shot at a local tavern, a spokesman reported.
Inspector Tony Modise said the SANDF man was apparently involved in an argument with Nomhle Botha, 20, in a tavern in Boichoko township outside Postmasburg.
The man pulled out a firearm and began firing at random inside and outside the tavern, said Modise.
Botha was hit in the foot, as was Ezekiel Motlhale, 20. Joseph Diethieng, 24, was hit in the body and foot.
The injured were taken to hospitals in Postmasburg and Kimberley, said Modise.
The SANDF man fled when local residents threatened him.
An SANDF vehicle at the scene was apparently damaged when community members, suspecting that the SANDF man was hiding in it, pelted it with stones, said Modise.
The man later handed himself over to the police.
Police found four cartridge cases at the scene, but were unable to trace the firearm. The soldier alleged that community members had taken it from him.
The man would appear in the Postmasburg Magistrate's Court on Monday on three charges of attempted murder, said Modise.
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30 Août 2003 à 11:34 dans
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