The Police in Lulekani outside Phalaborwa in Mopani District have launched a manhunt for three unknown male suspects who allegedly shot and robbed a business person at Mokhoanana village and further shot and injured three people on the road near Selwana Traditional Authority.
It is alleged that a shopkeeper was accosted by three unknown male suspects in his tucksop in Mokhoanana village on Friday 29 September at about 19:50 and was robbed at gunpoint of his cellphone and undisclosed amount of money. According to the information, the victim was about to close and leave the shop when the suspects armed with a firearms shot him on the leg and they fled the scene with a blue sedan motor vehicle of unknown make and model.
In a separate incident believed to be related to the first one, it is alleged that the same evening, Friday 29 September 2023 at about 20:00 three men were shot at by unknown suspects on the road near Selwane Traditional Authority Office at Moshate. It is alleged that an unknown blue sedan motor vehicle came driving following a silver Volkswagen Polo which was carrying the victim of business robbery being taken to the clinic and suddenly shots were fired from the blue sedan motor injuring the three men.
On Sunday. 1 October 2023, in the afternoon it was confirmed that one of the victims succumbed to injuries of the shooting.
The police are investigating cases of murder, three counts of attempted murder and business robbery.
The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in LImpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe condemned these incidents calling upon anyone with information about the suspects to contact the police so that these perpetrators can be apprehended to face the full might of the law.
Anyone with information that can lead to the arrest of the suspects is requested to contact the Investigating Officer Captain Shadrack Dlamini at 082 468 8639 alternatively report to the nearest police station or to Crime Stop at 08600 10111 and can anonymously share it on MySAPS app.
Police investigations are continuing.
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