A traditional ceremony in KwaZulu-Natal's Nyezane area turned tragic when armed assailants opened fire on attendees, leaving four dead.
Police are probing the mass shooting at a traditional ceremony that left four people dead. File PicturePolice have arrested a wounded suspect in hospital following a deadly attack that claimed four lives at a traditional ceremony at Nyezane, near Estcourt in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday.A group of six armed suspects, their identities concealed behind face masks, stormed a homestead where festivities were taking place.
One of the injured later succumbed to their injuries, bringing the death toll to four. The deceased were aged between 45 and 61, part of a community that has now been shattered by this violence. “The suspect had sustained a gunshot wound to the chest and a broken arm from the crime scene and was taken to hospital by his accomplices.”“The motive of the killings remains a matter of police investigations, however, there is a suspicion that the incident could be stock theft related,“ said Netshiunda.
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