The City of Tshwane has condemned the alleged attack of one its employees who was allegedly shot and hijacked. Image: Pixabay
KZN government call for more police in the Umlazi mass killing
The KwaZulu-Natal government wants extra police officers to be deployed in the quest for the culprits in the Umlazi killings.
The City of Tshwane has condemned the alleged attack of one its employees who was allegedly shot and hijacked. Image: Pixabay
The KwaZulu-Natal government has requested that extra police officers be sent to aid in the search for the culprits who murdered six people in Umlazi.
Sipho Hlomuka, MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, has asked police to step up their operations to tackle the murders as soon as possible.
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What happened at Umlazi?
On Friday night, four gunmen killed six people in two different incidents in Umlazi township, south of Durban.
The seventh victim of the Friday night attack in Q Section is fighting for his life in the hospital.
Colonel Robert Netshiunda, a KZN police spokesperson, verified the event.
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According to Colonel Netshiunda, the four suspects broke into a house shortly before midnight and shot two victims “One person was shot inside a backroom, while the four were shot outside near the toilet.”“He was also discovered with burn wounds,” he added.
Afterwards, the same suspects went to a nearby informal settlement and shot three people inside a shack.
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Two were pronounced dead at the spot, while the third one was transported to the hospital with gunshot wounds.
“Preliminary investigation has revealed that one of the suspects, who was leading the other three, demanded his identity document from the victims before shooting them,” said Netshiunda.
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Police suspected him of being involved in another homicide in which he allegedly dropped his identity document.
According to reports, the suspect believed that one of the deceased possessed his identity document.
SAPS PLEA TO THE PUBLIC
Police are asking anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of the suspects to contact the nearest police station, call crime stop line 08600 10111, or alert the police via the MySAPS app.
