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A South African police reservist, linked to a major inquiry, died by suicide after a dispute and surviving a prior shooting.
Wiandre Pretorius, a 41-year-old Ekurhuleni police reservist linked to South Africa’s Madlanga Commission, died by suicide at a Brakpan filling station on February 7, 2026, following a dispute with his fiancée, a police sergeant.
He had survived a gun attack earlier that week, when his vehicle was shot 16 times in Boksburg.
Pretorius was a person of interest in the murder of Marius van der Merwe, known as Witness D, who had implicated him in the 2022 killing of Emmanuel Mbhense.
Police have opened an inquest and are investigating the circumstances of his death, with forensic experts and detectives involved.
The probe into van der Merwe’s murder remains active.
Un reservista de la policía sudafricana, vinculado a una importante investigación, murió por suicidio después de una disputa y sobrevivió a un tiroteo previo.