SANDF SERGEANT KILLS GIRLFRIEND AND THEN HIMSELF
A SA National Defence Force sergeant committed suicide at his flat in Sunnyside, Pretoria on Thursday after shooting his girlfriend earlier on, police said.
Police spokesman Inspector Anton Breedt said police found the 33-year-old officer's body in his flat with a bullet wound to his head.
He said police found a 9mm firearm inside his flat.
"It is believed the man had involved in an earlier shooting today where a woman, also a SANDF member, was shot. She was taken to hospital but later died.
"According to the reports we have received, the two were involved," said Breedt.
He said forensic test would be conducted on the gun to determine whether indeed it was the one used in the woman's shooting.
Breedt the woman leaves behind her 13-year-old daughter from a previous relationship.
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28 Avril 2005 à 11:25 dans
- zsandf (anglais)
