On February 13th an incident of domestic violence was reported from Embalenhle near Secunda in Mpumalanga province, when a police constable in South Africa shot her 33year old partner and their five month old infant and on herself in a dreadful murder case
In an interview with Mpumalanga Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Mondli Zuma, the constable was declared dead on the scene. Her boyfriend and child were brought to the hospital but later on passed. It was reported when Lt-Gen Mondli Zuma, Police Commissioner of Mpumalanga was interviewed, that the constable was pronounced dead at the crime scene but her partner and baby succumbed to their injuries at the hospital.
“Upon arrival, the woman was certified dead at the scene meanwhile her daughter as well as the father of her child were taken to a nearby clinic where the man unfortunately passed away on upon arrival,” Brigadier Leonard Hlathi of the Mpumalanga Police said. “The little girl though, was transferred to hospital after being stabilized but later died. Police have since registered a case with two counts of murder and an inquest,” he added.
Per investigations, the female officer was off duty when the incident happened. Based on initial probes, it appears the whole incident may have stemmed from acts of domestic violence. The couple has been going through rough times with the police constable allegedly moving out of the man’s house.
On the day of the shooting, the man allegedly had a female visitor at his house. Both stepped out for a while to get some items, not knowing that the female officer was at the man’s place at that time.
According to the investigations, the female constable was off duty at the time of the incident. There is sufficient evidence that the crime could have been due to constant domestic violence as the couple have been facing some turbulent times and it is alleged that the lady constable was planning on moving out of her partner’s home.
On the day of the incident, it is alleged that the man had another woman at his house and unknown to them both, while they left the house together to gather some stuff the woman constable appeared at the home. The man was still in the car when the female visitor headed into the house. It was here where she found the officer. The visitor was then held at gunpoint and ordered to sit down. The unknown lady went into the house while the man still remained in the vehicle it was at this point, that the lady officer asked the woman to sit down while holding her down at gun point. The man was oblivious to hat was going on inside the house and went in to check and it was this point that he saw his lady partner holding down his paramour with a hand gun. From this point onwards, the incident took a turn for the worse resulting in a fatal shooting. The woman was able to escape unharmed and reported the incident to the authorities.
