VIDEO: Irate KwaNdengezi residents protest outside Pinetown court against arrest of alleged murderers
While the peaceful protest made up of people who said they came from KwaNdengezi, continued on the pavement outside the court, authorities watched from nearby.
A CROWD of people protesting outside the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday morning (14 October) were reportedly angered by the imprisonment of four men accused of shooting people who allegedly stole from them in KwaNdengezi.
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Pinetown Cluster communications officer, Cpt Bongumusa Manqele confirmed that police were at the court house on Wednesday.
“There were peaceful protests outside Pinetown court and police members from POP are monitoring the situation,” he said.
According to police, the men were arrested following the execution style murders of four men last weekend.
“On Saturday, 26 September 2020, police at KwaNdengezi received a report of four men who were killed at Zwelibomvu Reserve near Olwambeni Primary School sport grounds,” said KwaZulu-Natal SAPS spokesperson, Brig Jay Naicker in a media statement, adding that information from the community indicated that the men were accused of stock theft, which may have contributed to their death.
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A murder docket was registered at the KwaNdengezi police station and assigned to the Provincial Organised Crime Unit for investigation,” said Naicker.
“A 9mm pistol was also seized as part of the investigation. Detectives have not ruled out the possibility of more arrests,” added Naicker.
Acting KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner, Major General Thulani Gonya welcomed the breakthrough.
“These arrests are very positive and we will unleash the full might of the law on these callous murderers,” he said.
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