Man kills lover, grandfather and commits suicide

FRANCISTOWN: A 28-year-old man of Mopipi in the Boteti Sub-district, having stolen a shotgun from a relative, shot and killed his 23-year-old girlfriend and her grandfather aged 88 before turning the gun on himself.

According to officer in commanding of Letlhakane Police Station, Superintendent Hendrick Mmipi, the incident happened on Sunday morning. He said they have not established whether the man and his girlfriend had problems since they are still investigating the matter.

The woman was a student at the Serowe College of Education and had gone for a weekend to Mopipi, her home village.

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