Suspects in DJ Sumbody murder case linked to multiple unsolved assassinations
Suspects in the murder of DJ Sumbody and his bodyguards face additional charges as police investigations connect them to other high-profile killings in Gauteng, including the murders of DJ Vintos and Don Tindleni.
Four suspects, Katiso Molefe, Michael Pule Tau, Musa Kekana, and Tiego Floyd Mabusela, accused of the murder of Oupa Sefoka, popularly known as DJ Sumbody, are now linked to a string of unsolved assassinations. The suspects appeared before the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for the bail application of Sandton Businessman Molefe.
The court postponed Molefe’s bail application to August 6. The three alleged hitmen – Tau, Kekana, and Mabusela – had previously revealed that they had no intention of applying for bail on July 22.
According to police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe, the South African Police Service (SAPS) Political Killings Task Team and Gauteng Organised Crime Unit have connected the suspects to two additional cases.
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The first case involves the murder of Hector Buthelezi, known as DJ Vintos, who was gunned down in a hail of bullets outside a nightclub in Orlando East back in March 2022. The second case, from March 2023, is the killing of Don Tindleni on the N1, near the A17 off-ramp. Both cases had previously remained unsolved.
“Our investigations have now brought us to this point,” said Mathe. “We are linking the AK-47, as well the three pistols that were found on the Armand Swart case, to the killing of Armand Swart, the killing of DJ Vintos, the killing of DJ Sumbody and his bodyguards, and to the Don Tindleni’s murder.”
All four accused face charges for the murder of DJ Vintos, while the three alleged hitmen are also charged in connection with Tindleni’s assassination. Mathe said investigations to reveal the mastermind behind Tindleni’s murder are ongoing.
Molefe was out on bail in connection with the murder of Swart at the time of his arrest for DJ Sumbody’s murder. Now, intending to apply for bail for the murder of DJ Sumbody, he has also been charged in connection with the murder of DJ Vintos.
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