FARMER ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING AT 81 SANDF MEMBERS.
A 68-year-old Limpopo farmer was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly shooting at 81 members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) who were passing his farm during training exercises in Tinmyne, near Mokopane.
One SANDF instructor sustained minor injuries to his hand.
Captain Malesela Ledwaba said the SANDF members were passing the farm during their exercises as part of their in-service training when the farmer allegedly started shooting in their direction. The instructor was injured as he ran for cover.
Ledwaba said 14 empty cartridges of a 9mm pistol and four empty cartridges of a pump gun were picked up at the scene.
The farmers 9mm pistol and a shotgun were confiscated and were sent to Pretoria for ballistic tests.
The man will appear in the Mokopane Magistrate's Court on Wednesday charge of attempted murder.
More charges relating to the mishandling of firearms are considered as part of the investigation.
The SANDF training centre is about one kilometre from the farm.
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11 Novembre 2003 à 13:14 dans
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