Picture: (Police found dead)

Rustenburg – Two police constables were found dead in Dibate near Mmabatho in what is believed to have been a murder-suicide, North West police said on Wednesday.

“Yesterday [Tuesday] the police in Mmabatho visited a gruesome scene at Dibate village few kilometres away from the Mmabatho police station. This was in response to a murder-suicide of Constable Johannes Matladi, 37, and Constable Audrey Karele, 31, both stationed at Mmabatho,” said police spokesperson Captain Paul Ramaloko.

“It is understood that Constable Matladi was on duty yesterday (Tuesday) when he visited his place of residence, apparently to grab food around lunch time. When he was called on police radio by his crew he did not respond.

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