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A police shot his ex-girlfriend twice, after pumping a bullet into her shoulder and head, leaving her for dead in the street.
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31-year-old Zaheda Peters died on Saturday, September 26 after her ex boyfriend, Warrant Officer Nevell du Toit, 44, shot her twice outside her Strand home in Strand, South Africa.
After pumping a bullet into her shoulder and head and leaving her for dead in the street, Du Toit ended his own life with his service pistol. The mother of two at first showed signs of recovery, but later her condition deteriorated dramatically and on Saturday afternoon her life support was switched off.
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Du Toit is alleged to have turned violent after discovering that Peters was romantically involved with a young 22-year-old rugby player.
Days before the attack, Du Toit, who is also the coach of Macassar Rugby B-team, allegedly threatened to shoot both Peters and her new lover.
Before the shooting the policeman had left behind suicide letters explaining his actions. His twin brother Neil Du Toit said "his brother was under immense stress and that he apologized for dying in such a cowardly manner."
The officer was buried at the Sidney Kuhn Hall, next to the Macassar police station where he worked.
Peters’s family However described her "as an amazing person who sparked life and love into everything she touched. We thought she was going to make it, but it was not meant to be."