Two suspects linked to mass murder killed by SAPS

UMLAZI – Two more suspects who were linked with the killing of seven family members at Hlokozi in Highflats a month ago, were shot and fatally wounded when they attempted to kill police officers in Umlazi over the weekend.

Since the mass murders, the Provincial Commissioner of KwaZulu-Natal Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi put a team which hit the ground running in search of the killers. On Tuesday last week, two suspects were shot and fatally wounded when they also engaged in a shootout with police in an incident in which one suspect narrowly escaped arrest.

The search continued and on Sunday afternoon, police gathered intelligence which led to the shootout today in Umlazi. They were found in possession of two firearms which have thus far been positively linked with the crime scene at Hlokozi. No police officer was injured during the shootout.