A Mpumalanga police detective accused of killing his friend with his service pistol has not been arrested. It is alleged that a few days ago, a policeman in Kinross, Mpumalanga, was drinking with his friends when the pistol went off. One of the friends was shot in the stomach and died.
The Citizenlearned the officer was detained at the Kinross police station and released a few hours later. Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) spokesperson Phaladi Shuping confirmed that the detective had not been arrested, but he did not give more details. “No arrest yet, but we are investigating a case of murder,” Shuping said.
Yesterday, community members of Kinross called on the authorities to deal harshly with the cop, so that other police will learn not to handle guns carelessly and endangering people’s lives. “This man has always played with a gun and sometimes you would find him transporting a group of drunk women using the state vehicle,” a source who spoke toThe Citizenalleged. “Yes, it is true that when the incident happened, he was drunk and in the company of his friends as they were celebrating his birthday.
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“It was about 11pm when I heard a gunshot in his rented room. “In the morning, we went there to check and his other friends told us that after drinking a lot of beers, they started playing with a gun, which went off and hit a young man in the stomach,” said a source.
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