{"id":27763,"date":"2022-03-22T21:26:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T21:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=27763"},"modified":"2022-03-22T21:09:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T21:09:35","slug":"man-shoots-and-kills-girlfriend-turns-gun-on-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/man-shoots-and-kills-girlfriend-turns-gun-on-himself","title":{"rendered":"Man shoots and kills girlfriend, turns gun on himself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Limpopo police said a 26-year-old man allegedly shot dead his girlfriend in a village in Bothashoek on Sunday and later turned the gun on himself.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said the man allegedly shot 19-year-old Dimakatso Mashaba several times at her home in Dithabaneng village.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is alleged that the victim was at home with her mother when the suspect, believed to have been her boyfriend, arrived and requested to talk with her outside the house. It is further reported that an argument ensued, and the man then shot the victim several times and fled the scene,&#8221; Mojapelo added.<\/p>\n<p>Cops on the hunt for gunmen who killed 2 women, 4 men in Khayelitsha<\/p>\n<p>He said emergency services workers declared the woman dead on their arrival at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Mojapelo said the man, Tumiso Magabane, was later found dead with a gunshot wound to the head a few kilometres from the crime scene.<\/p>\n<p>He added:<\/p>\n<p>A case of murder and an inquest were opened.<\/p>\n<p><b>We want to hear your views on the news. Subscribe to News24 to be part of the conversation in the comments section of this article.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Limpopo police said a 26-year-old man allegedly shot dead his girlfriend in a village in Bothashoek on Sunday and later turned the gun on himself. Police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said the man allegedly shot 19-year-old Dimakatso Mashaba several times at her home in Dithabaneng village. &#8220;It is alleged that the victim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":27762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8],"tags":[274,315,314,963,321,275],"class_list":["post-27763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-crime","tag-gender-based-violence-2","tag-limpopo","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man shoots and kills girlfriend, turns gun on himself - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Limpopo police said a 26-year-old man allegedly shot dead his girlfriend in a village in Bothashoek on Sunday and later ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/man-shoots-and-kills-girlfriend-turns-gun-on-himself\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man shoots and kills girlfriend, turns gun on himself\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Limpopo police said a 26-year-old man allegedly shot dead his girlfriend in a village in Bothashoek on Sunday and later ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/man-shoots-and-kills-girlfriend-turns-gun-on-himself\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-22T21:26:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2022\/03\/img-623a3af448d1d.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/man-shoots-and-kills-girlfriend-turns-gun-on-himself#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/man-shoots-and-kills-girlfriend-turns-gun-on-himself\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Man shoots and kills girlfriend, turns gun on himself\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-22T21:26:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/man-shoots-and-kills-girlfriend-turns-gun-on-himself\"},\"wordCount\":208,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/man-shoots-and-kills-girlfriend-turns-gun-on-himself#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2022\/03\/img-623a3af448d1d.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Africa\",\"crime\",\"gender-based violence\",\"limpopo\",\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/man-shoots-and-kills-girlfriend-turns-gun-on-himself#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/man-shoots-and-kills-girlfriend-turns-gun-on-himself\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/man-shoots-and-kills-girlfriend-turns-gun-on-himself\",\"name\":\"Man shoots and kills girlfriend, turns gun on himself - 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