Argument ends in bloodbath
2003-08-03 16:54
Musina - A 39-year-old man killed himself on Sunday, after shooting five people - four of them fatally - in an argument at the farm Avalon in the Musina district on Saturday.
Police spokesperson Captain Ailwei Mushavhanamadi said the man and four other adults were at a party having drinks on Saturday night.
A quarrel ensued and the man withdrew a firearm, shooting all four and a three-year-old child.
One of the adults - the sole survivor - was later taken to a local hospital, where he was in a critical condition.
The next day, the killer realised what he had done and that the police were pursuing him.
He went into the bush and shot himself. Mushavhanamadi said the killer and the other four adults were labourers on the farm.
The motive of the killing was unknown.
- SAPA