KZN man in court for killing his mother with an axe over roof dispute 28 April 2021 - 15:03 A KZN man appeared in court on Monday in connection with the murder of his mother. File photo. Image: 123RF/BELCHONOK
A KwaZulu-Natal man accused of murdering his mother with an axe after a dispute over their roof will make a bid for bail on May 5.
Police spokesperson Col Thembeka Mbele said 28-year-old Loyiso Ngcobo appeared in Maphumulo magistrate’s court, in the north of the province, on Monday for allegedly killing his mother Thokozile, 62, last week.
“He has been remanded in police custody until May 5, where he will be appearing in Nsuze magistrate’s court for a bail application,” said Mbele.
New Zealand: Police Arrest Man for Axe Attack on Parliament
13 Jan 2021
Police in New Zealand on Wednesday arrested a man after he attacked the country’s parliament building with an axe, smashing the building’s main glass entrance doors.
Law enforcement officers in Wellington, New Zealand’s national capital, said they arrived at the parliament complex around 5:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday after receiving reports that “a man with an axe was on the grounds,” the
Sydney Morning Heraldreported on January 13.
After damaging five of the building’s main doors leading into parliament, the 31-year-old suspect did not attempt to enter the building. He was arrested a few minutes later without further incident.
shepard: headlines from the fox news desk. there s no evidence for religion or political motive for an axe attack in germany. that s the report from police that say the suspect appears to have had psychological issues. they say he attacked people as they left a train in dusseldorf. police near san francisco say they arrested three people after an apparent drive-by shooting on a freeway. witnesses told cops somebody opened fire on a couple in a minivan. police told reporters the victims are seriously hurt. last night s shooting shut down traffic for hours. and a fire burning near the coors brewing outside denver is nowhere near close to containment. unclear how it started. it comes as wild fires in kansas are under control. the state saw their largest wild fire in history this week.
be just being opportunistic here. they may of course know something. they may have had some contact with the perpetrator. we had a case in germany in july. an axe attack on a train where there is a very similar worded claim by isis. and in this that case the axe attacker had actually been in contact with an isis handler and then eventually uploaded a video playing responsibility. so not clear yet. but what we can say is there s really been no public articulation of any evidence from the german investigatory side of any link between any side and terrorism. they don t have the evidence at this point. they don t have a suspect. they don t even have an image of a suspect that they can take to the public at this point. so they are really back at square one having released this other individual who had nothing
while searching for the person responsible for the brutal axe attack, investigators first tried to uncover the motive. we don t have axe murderers here. it was just an alarming, tremendously alarming case. police learned that peter porco had a relative in organized crime who d been in trouble with the law. the relative is frank porco, known as frankie the fireman porco. frankie porco was serving time in federal prison for loan-sharking. there were rumors that frankie porco would provide state s evidence and information in return for a lighter sentence. it was what they call a signature killing, you know, that the mob would do, and it was a fireman s ax because it was retaliation for frankie the fireman. but a background check on frankie the fireman put doubt on this theory. he was in prison because he