Police arrest suspect after 2 killed on Kriel-Bethal road
Filling station security footage help investigators track down an alleged shooter.
A man was arrested after the fatal shooting of two occupants in a car on the Kriel-Bethal road yesterday afternoon (October 27).
Police believe the suspect is the ex-husband of the woman who was fatally wounded in the incident. The other deceased occupant was a man.
Garage footage captures shooting
Video footage from the TotalEnergies garage showed a grey Chery SUV and a blue VW Polo stopping parallel to each other.
“Immediately after stopping, the driver in the Chery opened fire on the Polo,” said Warrant Officer David Ratau, Witbank police spokesperson.
He added that 13 cartridge cases and four bullet fragments were found on the scene.
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Police followed up on all leads and arrested the man, whose identity is withheld until he appears in the eMalahleni Magistrate’s Court this morning (October 28).
The man’s firearm was seized by the police.
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