Identikits released by police

Police urge residents to help find the killers of SA soccer star, Senzo Meyiwa.

A Multi-Disciplinary task team has been established to investigate the murder of the 27-year-old Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa.

The team will be led by the Gauteng Deputy Provincial Commissioner for Detective Services, Major General Tebello Mosikili.

Investigators that are forming part of this team are a combination of detectives from the National Investigation and Provincial investigation teams, National and Provincial Crime Intelligence, Visible Policing and the War Room.

Investigators are back at the crime scene and busy combing for more evidence.

One cellular phone was taken during the robbery.

The goalkeeper was killed during a house robbery in Mzamo Section 28, Vosloorus, while visiting friends on Sunday night.

It is alleged that two suspects entered the house and confronted the occupants while a third suspect was outside.  A shot was fired, the goalkeeper was hit in the upper body and taken to hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.

The three suspects fled on foot and police have launched a manhunt.

Descriptions of two of the suspects are as follows.

Both suspects are believed to be in the late 20s and early 30s.

One is tall, slender, dark skinned with dreadlocks and the other, short, dark and well built.

A reward of up to R 250 000- (two hundred and fifty thousand) is on offer for any information that can lead to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators.

Cases of Murder and House Robbery is under investigation and police are appealing to the community to assist with information that will lead to the arrest of the suspects.

Anyone with information that can lead to the arrest of the perpetrator(s) can contact Crime Stop at 08600 10111 or SMS Crime Line at 32211.

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