Police sergeant arrested for fatally shooting Air Force member outside police station

• A police sergeant has been charged with the murder of an SA National Defence Force (SANDF) officer. 
• It is understood that the sergeant and the victim had quarrelled at a tavern. 
• The SANDF officer then went to Hoedspruit Police Station in Limpopo to lay a charge. He was shot by the sergeant outside the police station.

An argument at a Limpopo tavern has left an Air Force member dead and a police sergeant in jail for murder.

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) arrested the 37-year-old police officer on Friday. 

According to the police watchdog, the sergeant had a quarrel with a 33-year-old member of the SA National Defense Force (SANDF) at Kinimambo tavern.

IPID spokesperson Phaladi Shuping said:

The sergeant went to the police station at around 02:30 and came across the SANDF member outside the police station, Shuping continued.

"He allegedly fired several shots and the SANDF member was fatally wounded. Paramedics declared him dead."

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The case was reported to IPID, which arrested the police officer.

He will appear in the Hoedspruit Magistrate's Court on Monday, facing a murder charge.

The SANDF confirmed the "sudden passing" of one of its Air Force members who was based in Hoedspruit.

Both the police and the military police are investigating the case.