A matric learner has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of his grandfather.

According to an article published by North Coast Courier, the 18-year-old from Sundumbili in Mandeni, KZN, was taken into custody last week after police received a tip-off linking him to the crime.

According to reports, the victim, a 48-year-old man, left home in November last year to go hunting but never returned.

His decomposed body was later found by residents in a bamboo field in the Sundumbili policing precinct.

After months of investigation, detectives from Sundumbili Police Station, working with the iLembe District Police Tracing Team, gathered enough evidence to arrest the teenager.

He was taken into custody at his school in Sundumbili, where he allegedly confessed to the murder.

“He handed over the firearm used to commit the murder and also led police to his grandfather’s firearm, which he had taken from the scene,” says iLembe police spokesperson Captain Alex Thomson.

He has been charged with murder and has appeared in the Nyoni Magistrate’s Court.

He will remain in custody for further investigation.

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