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Attempted murder at a funeral: Family dispute over daughter's suicide ends in gunfire
The Star
|November 25, 2025
A 34-year-old councillor from Pienaar in Mpumalanga has been arrested on two counts of attempted murder after he allegedly opened fire during a confrontation linked to the death of a teenage girl.
Provincial police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Jabu Ndubane confirmed the arrest and said the chain of events began last week Thursday, when a Pienaar father confronted his 16-year-old daughter after noticing she appeared distressed and frequently cried.
The girl reportedly told him that a boy from her school had been abusing her.
Ndubane said the father drove with his daughter to the boy's residence to identify the alleged perpetrator, but the boy was not home. He later returned and dropped off his daughter.
This story is from the November 25, 2025 edition of The Star.
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