A security guard has been rushed to hospital after shooting his
girlfriend before shooting himself. He is now in a critical condition in
hospital. However he has a pair of handcuffs waiting for him if he
survives.
According to Daily Sun SA, the man shot his girlfriend identified
as Sinethemba Gili (24) on Monday at OR Tambo Municipality in the
Eastern Cape.
Sinethemba died after the 31-year-old security guard shot her with
the firearm he was given at work. He then turned the gun on himself, but
survived.
The bloody scene left staff traumatised. Mayor Nomakhosazana Meth
gathered them in Mthatha for a special prayer meeting yesterday.
The two were lovers and Sinethemba’s colleagues said she told them they were going to argue on the day of her death.
Sinethemba worked for the municipality in the government’s extended public works programme.
Meth called the guard a coward who had killed a defenceless woman.
Following the prayer meeting, the mayor and other officials visited Sinethemba’s family in Ngangelizwe.
They donated groceries to the family and are still negotiating how to assist with funeral preparations.
“We came here to mourn with the Gili family. We didn’t expect this to happen on our premises.
“Security guards are supposed to protect our employees.
“What makes matters worse is that Sinethemba was the family’s breadwinner,” said Meth.
Sinethemba’s sibling said the family was devastated by the shooting.
“Sinethemba was a humble, quiet person. She never complained about any threats from her boyfriend.”
Police spokeswoman Captain Dineo Koena said the firearm used by the suspect was taken by police for testing.
A case of murder was opened.
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