A woman was shot dead by her husband in a South African police station where she went to report him for domestic violence.
The woman died on the spot from numerous gunshots inside the Madeira police station charge office in Mthatha CBD on Monday, September 7, 2020.
Terrified eyewitnesses ran for their lives when the shooting occurred.
Songezo Sanazo, who hails from Lujecweni village in Ngqeleni, said he went to the police station to certify documents.
“I was busy having my documents certified when I heard gunshots,” he told DispatchLIVE.
“I heard the first one and I thought it was not something serious. But I had to run for cover and hide behind the wall when I heard a second one, third and fourth while other people were running away from the yard screaming. We were all terrified.”
He said he saw a man carrying a gun rush inside the charge office before hearing the gunshots.
The suspect is employed by Protek Security. He was immediately arrested and detained at the station.
The Madeira police station community service centre remains closed and people are asked to go other police stations.
