Cape Town – An off-duty police officer has reportedly been arrested following a shooting incident at the Kings Park Rugby Stadium during a New Year’s party on Saturday.
This was after the completion of the Cell C Sharks vs Vodacom Blue Bulls rugby game.
The Sharks hosted a New Years Eve after the game had ended.
In a statement from The Sharks, a spokesperson said that 20 minutes before midnight, there was an isolated incident involving an off-duty police officer, who was attending the game as a patron and a member of security personal, according to IOL.
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“In the process of our security escorting this patron off the premises, due to his non-conducive family behaviour and unruly conduct, the individual concerned drew his firearm and discharged a round which struck the security officer’s leg,” the report quoted the spokesperson as saying.
The security officer sustained minor injuries to his leg but in the incident, the bullet ricocheted and struck another party attendee in the leg.
News24 quoted police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda as saying that, “the circumstances that led to the shooting form part of police investigations”.
The report also quoted Emer-G med spokesperson Kyle van Reenen as saying that the two men were “treated and stabilised for moderate gunshot-related injuries before being taken to a nearby hospital for further care”.
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