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A shocking scene unfolded in Moganyaka village, outside Groblersdal, Limpopo as a 41-year-old police officer and his wife were discovered in a pool of blood in their bedroom.
The gruesome discovery was made by their 20-year-old son.
Police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba said the incident unfolded in the late hours of Friday, 13 October 2023, when the couple got involved in a heated argument.
The next morning, their son returned home to find his parents in a pool of blood.
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The victims have been identified as a sergeant attached to the Tembisa police station in Gauteng, and his 37-year-old wife.
Ledwaba said a firearm was found lying next to body of the deceased police officer.
Police have opened a case of murder and an inquest docket to investigate the circumstances surrounding the event.
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Although the motive is uncler at this point, Ledwaba said that domestic violence cannot be ruled out.
“While no conclusions have been reached, it is acknowledged that domestic violence is a possibility, given the apparent heated argument that occurred the previous evening,” he said.
Limpopo’s provincial police commissioner Lieutenant-General Thembi Hadebe expressed her condemnation of the incident. She urged couples and families facing domestic issues to seek professional assistance.
In a separate incident, in KwaZulu-Natal, a murder-suicide was also registered by Westville Saps after the bodies of an elderly couple were found in a pool of blood at their home on Wednesday.
The Highway Mail reported that, according to police spokesperson Captain Carmen Rhynes, the bodies of a man and a woman in their 80s were found in their home in Wellington Drive.
“The motive is unknown,” said Rhynes.