NEWSFLASH: East homeowner guns down suspected intruder
“During the fight, the intruder grabbed a piece of wood and tried to attack the homeowner, however, he retaliated and fired a shot at the suspect."
A 52-year-old man shot and killed a suspected house burglar on his plot in Zwavelpoort, east of Pretoria on Sunday night.
Boschkop police spokesperson Yeroboam Mbatsane said a case of murder has since been opened.
“The homeowner had just arrived home with his fiancé and 13-year-old daughter when he noticed that one of the windows in his room was broken. Soon afterwards, he heard his daughter screaming upstairs,” he said.
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“He immediately took his pistol, ran up the stairs and on his way, he bumped into an unknown man.”
Mbatsane said a fight broke out between the owner and the intruder.
“During the fight, the intruder grabbed a piece of wood and tried to attack the homeowner, however, he retaliated and fired a shot at the suspect,” he said.
Mbatsane said the suspect tried to escape but succumbed to his injuries in the main bedroom of the house.
He said no arrest has been made and investigations were ongoing.
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