Two months after a police murder-suicide in Kariega, another tragedy has struck Nelson Mandela Bay after a Gqeberha police sergeant allegedly killed his wife before taking his own life, sparking concerns about domestic violence and psychological well-being within South African Police Service ranks.

Barely two months after three police officers died in a murder-suicide in Kariega, another apparent murder-suicide in Gqeberha has left two young boys without parents and renewed concerns about domestic violence and psychological well-being within the South African Police Service ranks.

A 44-year-old police sergeant allegedly shot and killed his 34-year-old wife before turning the firearm on himself at their home in the otherwise quiet suburb of Parsonsvlei about midnight over the weekend - just days before their youngest son's sixth birthday.

The couple's 12-year-old son, according to a close relative, witnessed his parents embroiled in a heated argument before the gunshots rang out. He later walked in on the gruesome scene in the living room while his five-year-old brother slept peacefully in their bedroom.

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The deaths mark the second police murder-suicide to shock Nelson Mandela Bay this year, after the jealousy-fuelled fatal shooting involving police officers Riaan van Heerden, Stach Jantjies and Cerwynn Williams in Kariega in May.

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