News24 reports that three men have been arrested following the fatal shooting last Friday of a Kranskop police constable and a bystander.
The trio, aged between 20 and 32, allegedly played a role in the killing of off-duty Constable Thandoluhle Mhlongo and bystander Mazwi Zuke. A Hawks spokesperson said that Mhlongo, who was stationed at Kranskop police station, went to the premises of a local shisanyama to investigate the loud noises of a vehicle that had been repeatedly driving recklessly on the street. As soon as he walked out, he was fired upon by the occupants of the vehicle. He managed to pull out his service pistol, but two suspects alighted from their vehicle and continued firing at him. Another off-duty Kranskop police officer, who was in the vicinity, responded to the sounds of gunfire and two of the suspects were shot and wounded during the exchange. Their accomplices managed to drag them into the car and they fled the scene. Both Mhlongo and Zuke succumbed to gunshots wounds at the scene. An intensive manhunt culminated in the arrest of two suspects in Durban and Pietermaritzburg. A third was traced to Newlands where an unlicensed firearm was retrieved after he attempted to flush it down the toilet. The suspects will appear in the Kranskop Magistrate’s Court on Friday and will be charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of unlicensed firearm.
- Read the full original of Kaveel Singh’s report on the above story at News24
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