COP SHOT IN SUSPECTED ROAD RAGE INCIDENT

AN off duty policeman was shot dead on Sunday afternoon in Osizweni in Newcastle in what appeared to be a road rage incident, KwaZulu-Natal police reported on Monday. Director Bala Naidoo said Inspector S.M. Mthembu was shot following an argument with another motorist about the way Mthembu was driving. Mthembu was shot in the chest and taken to hospital where he later died. The man was arrested and a 9mm pistol confiscated. – Sapa