Cape Verde arrests mass killer gunman

Cape Verde cops

Cape Verdean police  has arrested a soldier suspected of killing 11 people in a shooting spree at a military base.

Local media report said that the man is suspected of murdering eight members of the military and three civilians, citing police officials.

The reasons behind the massacre on the Atlantic archipelago’s Santiago Island are not yet clear, although the Cape Verdean government has ruled out a terrorist motive and any link to drug smuggling.

It implied that the culprit may have suffered from mental health problems.

It said that among the three civilians killed were two Spanish technicians who had been maintaining the base.