SANDF assassinated wedding guest

Colonel Prince Baloyi from the South African National Defence Force, (SANDF) was assassinated on Saturday 18 March 2023 in front of wedding guest. Image: Supplied

SANDF member shot 9 times execution-style in front of wedding guests

A member of the SANDF Colonel Prince Baloyi was assassinated in front of wedding guest.

SANDF assassinated wedding guest

Colonel Prince Baloyi from the South African National Defence Force, (SANDF) was assassinated on Saturday 18 March 2023 in front of wedding guest. Image: Supplied

A member of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was assassinated and shot nine times execution style right in front of the eyes of wedding guests.

SANDF MEMBER ASSASSINATED AT WEDDING

The member, Colonel Prince Baloyi, was assassinated on Saturday at 9:00 p.m., 18 March 2023, while attending a wedding at Joe Modise Street in Lotus Gardens in Pretoria West.

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SANDF assassinated wedding guests
SANDF member Colonel Prince Baloyi was assassinated in front of guests at a wedding in Lotus Gardens in Pretoria. Image: Pixabay

He was shot execution style with nine bullets in front of guests at the wedding. The assassins were driving a white Toyota Avanza.

SANDF COLONEL WAS SHOT 9 TIMES EXECUTION STYLE

Baloyi, an APLA combatant, left apartheid South Africa, for exile through Lesotho in 1987.

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He returned after apartheid was abolished and was integrated into the South African Air Force. Baloyi was later transferred and worked at the SANDF Intelligence Head Quarters.

On 18 March, the SANDF members attended a wedding in Lotus Gardens, where he was brutally assassinated and shot nine times execution-style in front of wedding guests.

COLONEL BALOYI WILL BE LAID TO REST ON SATURDAY

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On return, he was integrated into the SA Air Force (SANDF) and later was transferred and worked at the Defence Intelligence HQ.

Baloyi will be laid to rest on Saturday, 1 April 2023, at Thaba Tshwane.

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A homeless man was shot dead shortly after asking a man for a slice of pizza in White River, Mpumalanga, on Saturday night, 25 March 2023.

When the man refused, the homeless man allegedly assaulted the suspect with a chain. It is further alleged that the suspect drew his firearm and shot the homeless man. The victim is estimated to be in his late 40s.

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