MPUMALANGA. – A 43-year-old man has been arrested after a man and a woman were shot dead outside a petrol station in Witbank on Tuesday afternoon.
According to Col. Mavela Masondo, police spokesperson, the two victims were in a vehicle at approximately 15:30 when they came under fire from a suspect who was reportedly driving from the opposite direction. Both were declared dead at the scene. The suspect fled the scene after the shooting.
A team of law enforcers tracked him down later at Greenside Colliery in Witbank and arrested him. A firearm allegedly used during the shooting was found in his possession and was confiscated by police. It will be sent for ballistic testing. The motive for the shooting remains unknown.
The suspect is expected to appear soon in the Witbank Magistrate's Court on two counts of murder.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
