SHOOTING AT TAVERN: SANDF MAN ARRESTED
An SA National Defence Force sergeant was arrested after a 30-year-old man was shot dead in Mamelodi East in Pretoria on Tuesday, police reported.
Captain Piletji Sebola said on Wednesday the SANDF member, also 30, was drinking with patrons at Jimmy's tavern around 10.30pm.
An argument started between the soldier and Michael Manyathela, a reveller, when the latter allegedly put his foot on top of a table while dancing.
The soldier confronted Manyathela and the SANDF member's friends intervened to stop the fight.
Sebola said the soldier went out to buy a cigarette and Manyathela followed him. The men argued again and the soldier allegedly shot Manyathela once in the chest. He died at the scene.
The SANDF sergeant was apprehended and his licensed firearm was confiscated. He would appear in the Mamelodi Magistrate's Court on Thursday.
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16 Juin 2004 à 16:51 dans
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