The KwaZulu-Natal Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General Bheki Langa called for peace following yet another killing at Umlazi’s Glebelands Hostel last night.
“We are appealing to community leaders in the area to intervene once again to stem the unnecessary loss of lives at the hostel. It is very disturbing to find people still being killed inside the rooms or blocks that they live in and it once again points to the fact that the killers live amongst their victims. There can be no reason for killing someone as there are many other avenues available to resolve conflicts,” he said.
On the night of 3 August 2017, at 20:30, a 30-year-old women was inside here residential block in the Glebelands Hostel when she was gunned down by an unknown assailant. The killer manged to flee the scene without being observed by any other resident.
At this stage we cannot speculate on a possible motive however detectives are pursuing certain leads. Detectives are appealing for those who may any information to please come forward or contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111.
“Our 24-hour deployment of police officers in the hostel complex will remain and we will continue with proactive operations to bring peace to the area and arrest those involved in any criminal activities. We are once again appealing to hostel residents to work with these police officers to rid the hostel of criminal elements. A number of arrests have been made by police deployed at the hostel for crimes such as murder, attempted murder and possession of unlicensed firearms however we are concerned that witnesses in other cases are not prepared to co-operate with our investigating officers, allowing these killers to roam freely,” he said.
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