SOLDIER FIRED AFTER FSTATE BASE SHOOTING
A soldier accused of shooting and critically wounding his commanding officer at the Kroonstad military base on Tuesday has been fired, the SA National Defence Force said.
"Subsequent to the shooting incident a military council held an urgent meeting to discuss the matter," said SANDF spokesman Brigadier General Kwena Mangope.
"Chief of the Army, Lieutenant-General Solly Shoke, has announced that the military council resolved that the suspect will be dishonourably discharged with immediate effect."
Mangope said the shooting took place at Group 24 in Kroonstad in the Free State around 7.30am on Tuesday.
The suspect, a lance-corporal, allegedly went to the office of the Officer Commanding Group 24, Colonel JS Grobbelaar, and shot him.
"It looks like it was a premeditated type of action," said Mangope.
He said the motive was not known and the matter was still being investigated.
The man is believed to have used a pistol but it has not been established whether this was military issue or privately owned.
Grobbelaar was flown by helicopter to 1 Military hospital in Pretoria, where he was in a critical condition late on Tuesday.
The suspect was arrested by the SA Police Service and detained at the Kroonstad police station.
The criminal investigation into the matter continues.
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