Detectives from the Provincial Organised Crime Investigation Unit arrested two men aged 38 and 43 for a number cases including two counts of murder, attempted murder, intimidation, malicious damage to property and arson.
It is alleged that an employee of a company in Pietermaritzburg arrived at work intoxicated and was dismissed after an internal disciplinary hearing that was conducted. All those that were part of the hearing including witnesses were attacked.
A security guard, 44, and his son, 24, were fatally shot at their home at Snathing Location in January 2020. A female security guard, 40, was shot and injured at Imbali in January 2019. The presiding officer had his vehicle and home at Sweetwaters set alight and also received death threats in July 2019.
These cases were reported to the Plessislaer police station and were assigned to the Provincial Organised Crime Investigation Unit. On 5 November 2020, police arrested two men and they were charged. They will appear at the Pietermaritzburg Magistrates Court on 9 November 2020.
The investigation is ongoing and more arrests cannot be ruled out.
The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Khombinkosi Jula applauded the investigating officers for the arrests.
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