The extent to which police are resorting to violence and suicide to settle their personal affairs is worrisome, North West Premier Thandi Modise said in expressing shock that a warrant officer shot his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself near Orkney on Thursday.
“When the number of women who are becoming victims of uncontrolled rage associated with those in possession of guns is increasing, then a question need to be asked as to how many other people be they private individuals and or police officials who are mentally and psychologically unfit to be in possession of firearms still possess them and what is being done to disarm them,” stressed Premier Modise.
It is alleged that police received a complaint of two bodies lying in an open field on Wednesday.
According to Spokesperson of SAPS North West, Brigadier Thulane Ngubane who confirmed that police are investigating a case of murder and suicide, the bodies have since been identified as that of Warrant Officer Moeketsi Joseph, 40 who was stationed at Vierfontein in the Free State and that of his 30 year-old girlfriend Kedibone Kotola.
Moeketsi was reportedly found lying with his service pistol in his left hand on his chest and a bullet wound in the left ear while his girlfriend was found with a bullet wound in the left eye.
Enquiries:
Lesiba Moses Kgwele, Spokesperson
Tel: 018 388 3705
Cell: 083 629 1987
Fax: 018 388 3157
E-mail: LKgwele@gmail.com
