Reservist in murder-suicide

2011-07-14 13:28 http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Ne...icide-20110714

Mthatha - A 30-year-old police reservist has shot dead his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself, Eastern Cape police said on Thursday.

"Police arrived at the house of the reservist in Tsolo at 17:00 [on Wednesday] and found the bodies of the two lovers lying on the floor," said Lt-Col Mzukisi Fatyela.

He said they each had a bullet wound in the upper body. The reservist's service pistol was lying next to them.

"We do not yet know what led to the incident as the dead couple were the only two people at home at that time," Fatyela said.

The reservist was stationed at the Tsolo police station, and had lived with his 28-year-old girlfriend.


- SAPA