MR MALAN
Let me just take you back to your statement.  Please read again paragraph 9, about in the middle.  You say
"I was then joined by people from the area, who returned shots at the direction of these people."
So the people joined you where you found yourself, at your home, behind the tree.  The people then ran away and you pursued and one of these persons found shelter behind a bush and you shot him once.  Is that correct?