LIMPOPO – Following the establishment of a special task team to trace the suspect involved in the horrific and brutal killing of three people in the Sekgakgapeng village, outside Mahwelereng, a major breakthrough was made when the suspect was finally arrested on Tuesday night, 9 October.
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The announcement of the arrest was made by the Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba at a press conference in Mahwelereng this afternoon, 10 October.
The suspect was cornered in Mogoto Village, outside Zebediela in the Mahwelereng policing precinct, hiding in a local tavern. The arrest was made at around 21:00 last night.
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“Limpopo police will always act with speed and stealth when people behave inhumanely and take the lives of innocent people. I want to take this opportunity to applaud members of the task team who spent sleepless nights until the suspect was arrested. In the same breath, I also want to thank the community for continuously working with the police in the fight against crime,” he said.
Ledwaba added that the police wish the rest of the family, including the mother of the two deceased, who are still recuperating in hospital, a speedy recovery.
“We want to ensure that the suspect is taken to court as early as today to face these charges,” he concluded.
