IOL News reports that a security officer and an unknown man were gunned down at a substation in Sebokeng village in the Free State last Friday night.

Police spokesperson in the Free State, Warrant Officer Mmako Mophiring, indicated: “The double murder occurred on the premises of an electric substation based near Mota Road at Sebokeng Village, where a security (guard) and an unknown person were found dead.” He said two security officers were on duty at the substation when they were accosted by unknown armed men. One of the gunmen started to search one security officer, while another went to the second security officer. “It is reported that gunshots were fired. The security guard, who was allegedly robbed of his cellphone, went rushing to his friend and found that he was on the ground together with an unknown man. Both have sustained fatal gunshot wounds,” Mophiring advised. The security officer went to a nearby road to seek help, and police and an ambulance were called to the scene. A double murder case has been opened and is under investigation. The motive behind this murder is not yet known.

• Read the original of the report in the above regard by Molaole Montsho at IOL News

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