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rage shooting: cop held
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A KNYSNA policeman has been arrested after
allegedly shooting a motorist in an apparent road rage attack with a gun he
had earlier stolen.
Southern Cape police spokeswoman Captain Bernadine Steyn said the 42year-old policeman was arrested in Knysna on Saturday night after the shooting. It has reliably been learnt that the alleged victim’s name is Malamoela Bennett, 31. He is currently in a stable condition at George Hospital. He apparently reversed his bakkie from the pavement into the road, into the path of a bakkie owned by an off-duty sergeant. The policeman allegedly took out a firearm and shot the victim in the chest. “A follow-up investigation confirmed that the firearm that was used during the incident was stolen earlier the same evening at Knysna police station,” Steyn said. The policeman was due to appear on attempted murder and theft charges in the Knysna Magistrate’s Court this morning. By John Harvey The Star 19/03/13 Early Edition |
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Crimes of the South African Police Service
