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News24 reports that an Eastern Cape police officer has been arrested in connection with the murders of two University of Fort Hare (UFH) staffers and the attempted murder of vice-chancellor and principal Sakhela Buhlungu.
The Mthatha-based constable was arrested in the Eastern Cape on Friday, bringing the number of people arrested for the Fort Hare attacks to six, with more arrests expected soon. The suspect was scheduled to appear in the Alice Magistrate's Court on Monday. Five men are already in custody for the murders of UFH fleet manager Petrus Roets and Buhlungu's bodyguard Mboneli Vesele, as well as the attempted murder of Buhlungu and others who worked to end corruption at the campus. A national police task team set up to probe the murders and attempted murders made the arrests. The Dimbaza Magistrate's Court denied bail for three of the five suspects, while two of them abandoned their bail bids. It is alleged that the police constable drove alleged hitmen Mthobisi Khanyile and Mthobisi Dlamini to the houses of the targets. Evidence before the Dimbaza court showed that 13 UFH employees, including Buhlungu, were on the hit list. Their names were found by police in an abandoned Jeep SUV that was allegedly used by the hitmen. Five of the 13 people were shot.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Malibongwe Dayimani at News24
- Lees ook, Polisiebeampte verdink van universiteitmoorde, by Maroela Media
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