Seven men, aged between 20 and 32, were due to appear at the Gluckstadt Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on murder charges.
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They were arrested on Sunday, a few hours after they allegedly killed a man during a shooting incident.
Police officials believe the owner of stolen cattle together with other men, reportedly members of the crime-fighting Isikebhe, proceeded to the home of a local man suspected of stealing the cattle.
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As the group entered the property, they came under fire in an ambush. One of the men, Fanana Masondo (32) was shot and killed during the alleged ambush and the group of people looking for the stolen cattle were said to have fled the scene.
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