House robbed during load shedding, suspects sought
Police are still looking for two suspects after they robbed a housed during loadshedding in Van Riebeeck Park, Kempton Park, on the East Rand.
Norkem Park police spokesperson Captain Lesibana Molokomme said the two armed robbers stormed into the house at about 8pm last Friday and instructed the victims to lie on the ground,Kempton Express reported.
“The robbers made off with a plasma TV and home theatre system before fleeing in the victim’s vehicle. No injuries were reported,” added Molokomme. A case of house robbery is still under investigation.
In a separate incident, a Nigerian pastor was killed in his home during loadshedding in eSikhaleni, KwaZulu-Natal last Tuesday. The pastor and spaza shop owner, Kehinde Fabamifobbe, was approached by two gunmen who pretended to be customers. He was shot three times and died on the scene.
KZN community safety MEC Willies Mchunu condemned the killing of Fabamifobbe, labelling it as “totally abhorrent, senseless and inhumane”.
“We condemn it, and we will follow up until there is an arrest and conviction. I would like to call on the community to give the police an opportunity to work on this matter so that those responsible for this abhorrent act should be brought to justice,” said Mchunu.
Fabamifobee was the leader of God’s Love International Ministries and has lived in eSikhaleni since 2004.
– Caxton News Service
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