An autopsy on a French couple, killed during an apparent shoot-out with police on a farm near Sutherland, was expected to be performed next week.

Police were searching on Monday for a French couple involved in a shooting incident in which a South African police officer was killed.

The Southern African Large Telescope (Salt) at the South African Astronomical Observatory outside Sutherland is powerful enough to discern the detail on a R2 coin at a distance…