Limpopo sergeant kills colleague, dies by suicide

A Limpopo police took his own life while sitting in his senior colleague’s car after shooting two people, killing one and injuring the other.

The incident happened at Southern Gateway in Westenburg, outside Polokwane on Sunday.   

Police spokesperson, Brig Hlulani Mashaba said when officers arrived on the scene around 1.30pm, they found a male officer with a gunshot wound to his head and a female officer, who is a brigadier, with multiple gunshot wounds.    

Mashaba said the victims were certified dead on the scene.