Couple killed in hail of bullets

VERULAM – A couple were killed in a hail of bullets shot multiple times with a high calibre weapon in Mzokhulayo, Ndwedwe during the early hours of Monday morning .

Residents contacted Reaction Unit South Africa reporting of multiple shots being fired in the vicinity. Reaction Officers were immediately dispatched and arrived on scene at approximately 00:09.

Upon investigation, the bullet riddled bodies of a man and a woman were discovered inside a white Ford Ranger bakkie. The vehicle had been shot multiple times with a high calibre weapon. The motive for the murders has not been confirmed and SAPS is currently busy with investigations into the double murder.