Alledged murderer arrested
The man who allegedly shot dead a 63-year-old woman and seriously injured her daughter who later died in hospital appeared in the Ritavi Magistrate's Court on Monday.
Frederick Molewa (35) of Rwanda village in Nwamitwa is facing two counts of murder relating to the shooting to death of Mary Mangena and her daughter Hermina Mangena (40) of Sasekani Village in Muhlaba Cross last week.
Molewa was remanded in police custody until he appears for bail application next Monday.
Police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said the suspect, who has been on the run since last week Tuesday was arrested in Germiston, Gauteng on Friday by the Tzaneen Cluster Police Task Team and Ritavi police detectives.
Ngoepe on the day of the incident, the suspect stormed into the home of the elderly woman and when she asked what was happening he started shooting.
“Without saying anything, he started shooting, killing the elderly woman instantly and seriously injuring her daughter,” said Ngoepe.
He said police found two women lying in a pool of blood with multiple gunshot wounds. The daughter was still alive and taken to hospital where she died the following morning on Wednesday.
Ngoepe said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect was in love with the deceased elderly woman’s younger daughter and the two had a fight. The younger daughter was not at home at the time of the shooting.
The suspect fled in a white Volkswagen Polo after the incident and has been on the run until he was arrested last Friday.
