A STICK fighting game ended in two deaths at a wedding ceremony in Hlabisa on Saturday.
Male guests engaged in ‘umgagela’ (stick fighting) when one of them reportedly drew a firearm and shot 40-year-old Mbuyiseni Langelinzima Gazu twice in the forehead.
The Hlabisa SAPS said the motive for the shooting is still unknown.
Gazu was rushed to the Albert Luthuli Hospital in Durban, but died while receiving treatment.
Outraged by the attack, the community assaulted suspect Thabiso Qiniso Mlotshwa (38) with sticks.
He died at the scene from multiple head and body injuries.
Two murder cases were opened.
Read the full story in the ZO Weekender edition.
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