A POLICE sergeant has been arrested for attempted murder and arson.
The 46-year-old officer, attached to Olievenhoutbosch cop shop in Tshwane, will appear in the Mahwelereng Magistrates Court in Limpopo, facing charges of attempted murder and arson on Monday, 14 July 2025.
The policeman allegedly burnt the two-roomed shack of his girlfriend. The shocking incident happened on Thursday, 10 July 2025, at about 02.45.
According to Limpopo police spokesman Colonel Malesela Ledwaba, the suspect was arrested on Friday, 11 July 2025.
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He said the incident happened at Lyden Village in Bakenburg outside Mokopane.
"The preliminary report suggests that the victim was sleeping when the alleged suspect, a boyfriend, knocked at her door and suddenly got angry when the victim didn't respond to him.
"The suspect then set alight the window curtains, which resulted in burning the whole two-roomed shack and injured her," he said.
Ledwaba further said that the victim was rescued by her neighbours, who summoned the police and ambulance.
"The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has been notified for further handling," he said.
Limpopo police commissioner Lieutenant-General Thembi Hadebe has commended the cops' rapid response.
