Cop accused of stabbing
2013-02-10
14:30
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Johannesburg - A 45-year-old police
officer has been arrested after stabbing a man with a knife at a shebeen in
Setlopo village outside Mahikeng, North West police said on Sunday.
Captain Adle Myburgh said the
51-year-old man was drinking traditional beer with the officer at a shebeen, at
about 08:00 on Friday.
The victim was assaulted and stabbed at
the back of his left shoulder by the police officer, Myburgh said.
"Police were called to the scene
and the witnesses at the shebeen pointed out the officer. He was then
arrested."
He will appear in the Mmabatho
Magistrate's Court on Monday.
- SAPA
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