Tsakani- Seven EMPD officers made their first appearance at the Tsakani Magistrate’s Court on Monday afternoon.
The case has been postponed for a formal bail hearing and/or application for disclosure to Wednesday morning.
The officers are charged with murder, attempted murder, defeating the ends of justice and assault GBH.
They were arrested on September 10 and 11 after they handed themselves over to the police.
Accused number seven has a pending case of theft and malicious damage to property which is heard at the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court.
On Thursday night the group of officers allegedly stormed a shack in Langaville Ext Six where four cousins, Mncedisi Shabalala, Dumisani Shezi, Zenzele Mgaga and Wandile Sibeko were sleeping.
Dressed in private clothes, without identifying themselves they allegedly started assaulting the cousins.
Mncedisi and Dumisani managed to flee from the shack but were quickly stopped in their tracks.
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Dumisani was shot twice in his leg, while Mncedisi was allegedly assaulted, strangled with a washing line wire and shot in his upper body.
The officers then allegedly dragged his body behind one of the three shacks in the yard and left.
Missoni Shezi explained that while in the shack Wandile and Zenzele heard Mncedisi crying out for help and gunshots coming from outside.
“After a while, the officers drove off. Mcedisi was missing and we decided to drive Dumisani to Pholosong Hospital.
“While on our way we identified the private cars the officers were driving in. We stopped to inquire about Mncedisi whereabouts, but they told us he escaped,” he explained.
His body was found hours later behind a shack after the family followed blood trails in the yard.
She added that all he wants is justice for his cousins.
“They didn’t do anything wrong. If the officers were investigating a criminal case, why didn’t they say anything?
“They assaulted them without mentioning what they were there for, why to shoot them,” he asked.
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