Police Officer Guns Down Wife, Lover, Reports Self In Station

An identified police officer, known as Mmutle, has been nabbed in connection with the killing of his former wife and a 30-year-old man named Katlego, said to be his wife’s lover, in South Africa.

According to report gathered the warrant officer caught his wife and the alleged lover having sex at an apartment belonging to her friend and gunned them down.

Lizzy Suping, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate spokesman, revealed the incident took place on Tuesday evening, 14th of March 2023 at iKageleng in Zeerust, North West province of the country.

Suping in his statement revealed that the warrant officer handed himself over to police on Wednesday, 15th of March, 2023.

The Police spokesperson, Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone, went further to revealed the off-duty officer went to a house in Sandvlakte where he allegedly fired several shots and instantly killed a 30-year-old man and his wife, who was also a police officer, stationed at Kopfontein Port of Entry.

“Subsequent to the incident, the suspect handed himself in to the police and the firearm that was allegedly used during the commission of the crime was confiscated. The motive for the crime is unknown and investigations are underway,” he said.