/ 17 September 2001

COP SHOT ‘FOR NO REASON’ IN FREE STATE

A 22-year-old policeman was shot and injured for no apparent reason in Vrede on Saturday, eastern Free State police said on Monday. Captain Veronica Ntepe said Constable Thabang Molo was walking around at the Thembalihle sports grounds when he heard a shot being fired. He then realised that he had been hit and was taken to hospital with a wound to the left hand. The motive for the attack is not known and no arrests were made – Sapa