BARBERTON – In a bizarre occurrence, a traffic officer has shot and killed a
well- known young political activist, Mr Bheki Makhathini who was a member of
the ANCYL in the area.
It’s allegedly believed that the traffic officer
decided to use his gun as its alleged that the Makhathini with his friends were
trying to block the road when the traffic officer with his colleagues wanted to
pass by with their vehicle.
The spokesperson of the local police station’,
Constable Tutu Nkosi said: “I confirm the incident, but we are still busy with
the investigation at this stage. According to the traffic officer, he said the
man was walking with his friends on the road and they tried to close the road
when he tried to talk with them, they were not co-operating and the deceased,
with his friends, tried to attack him. “She went on and stated that the traffic
officer is currently charged with murder as she went on “At first, he was
charged with a case of attempted murder and now he is facing a case of murder as
we learnt that the man died as he was shot,” she concluded.
