An Odendaalsrus man who held his girlfriend and two-year-old boy hostage in a house in Kutlwanong was overpowered by police early on Saturday morning, Free State police said.
”This morning at about 6am members of the task force from Pretoria went into the house and managed to arrest the suspect,” Superintendent William Mokoena said.
The 36-year-old man held his 38-year-old girlfriend and son at gun-point.
The incident started at 6am on Friday.
Mokoena said the man shot his girlfriend in her left arm when police penetrated the house.
The child was not injured. — Sapa