PORT ELIZABETH - 4 CRIMINALS ARRESTED FOR THE COLD BLOODED MURDER OF A NEW BRIGHTON MAN

On 16 March 2017, four murder suspects were arrested by the Trio Task Team during the early morning hours in Zwide.

The three males
and one female suspect have been linked with the murder of 43-year-old Mr Yandile Mbaza in New Brighton on the evening of 5 March 2017. Mr Mbaza was busy eating dinner at home when suspects burst through the front door and shot and killed him.

He was the complainant in a hijacking case where his vehicle was hijacked from him in his driveway on 1 November 2016.

Two suspects, Luvuyo Kwatsha (26) and Zolani Nonyathi (25) were arrested on 4 November 2016 on the hijacking case and remains in custody in St Albans Prison, Port Elizabeth.

They were due to appear again in April. Strong suspicions of this murder, being a witness killing, was investigated by the Trio Task Team and the arrests last night is regarded as a breakthrough in this case.

The three males aged 17, 24 and 25, and the 23-year-old female will be appearing on a charge of murder on Monday 20 March 2017 at New Brighton Magistrates Court.

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