By Thabo Monyela
LIMPOPO- A Man from Lenyenye township in Tzaneen allegedly shot and killed his 45-year-old female partner in a car in Kwazulu Natal and later turned a gun on himself after being blocked by the Police along N1 in Limpopo on Monday, 7 October.
It is said that the couple from Lenyenye township, were driving together in white Jeep back to Limpopo from attending an event at the Natal province, when a male partner pulled out a gun to shoot and kill his female partner at Phongola in Kwazulu Natal.
After shooting his woman, the man allegedly dragged her lifeless body out of the car in the KZN province and then drove off to Limpopo.
The incident was immediately reported to the Phongola Police, who then alerted the Police in Limpopo of a Lenyenye man who is on the run for murder.
Upon approaching Mokopane driving on N1 freeway, the described vehicle was spotted. The suspect noticed the police who blocked his vehicle and instructed him to alight from the vehicle, he refused and subsequently shot himself inside the car in front of the car.
Paramedics were called to the scene and he was pronounced dead on the scene.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the couple who originates from Lenyenye outside Tzaneen in Mopani were coming from an event in Kwa Zulu-Natal province.
The motive behind the incident will be established by Police investigations, but domestic violence related issues can not be ruled out.
A case of murder is opened at Pongola in Kwa Zulu-Natal province, and an inquest is opened at Mokopane, Limpopo province.
