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News24 reports that three weeks after the murder of Gqeberha regional court prosecutor Tracy Brown, the Hawks have arrested one of the four gunmen believed to be behind the hit.
The 33-year-old man was apprehended in a roadblock in the early hours of Thursday, following a multidisciplinary investigation. He had been linked to the murder during the probe and was found to have fled to Joburg shortly after the shooting. Hawks spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Avele Fumba reported: “While investigators were pursuing leads in Johannesburg, critical information was received indicating that the suspect was travelling back towards Gqeberha. Acting with precision, the team strategically coordinated a roadblock in the early hours of [Thursday]. The suspect’s vehicle was intercepted, and he was successfully apprehended.” He will appear in the Gqeberha Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Provincial Hawks head, Major General Mboiki Obed Ngwenya, said the arrest was a “significant step forward, but by no means the end”. Brown was killed on the evening of 31 July in Young Park in front of her partner and child outside her home by four masked gunmen. She was the second prosecutor killed in the Eastern Cape in three months. Elona Sombulula from the Engcobo Magistrate’s Court was shot dead on his way home to Mtentu Village, outside Mthatha, in April.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tammy Petersen at News24 (subscription / trial registration required)
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