02/05/2025
A police sergeant has allegedly shot and killed her ten-year-old daughter in Umkomaas, before turning the gun on herself.
According to the South African Police Service, βpolice received a call from the Sergeant's relative who reported that the Sergeant sent him a message indicating that she was tired and could not take it anymore.
Police rushed to the Sergeant's flat and after forcing entry, the bodies of the off duty officer and her daughter were lying in a pool of blood.β
Although the child was declared dead at the scene, the police officer was resuscitated by paramedics and airlifted to hospital.
Her service pistol was found next to her body.
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