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KZN police officer shot as five house robbery suspects arrested
A KZN police officer was shot in the leg as an operation was launched to apprehend five suspects involved in a house robbery was launched on Tuesday.
Police in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have come under fire by suspects believed to be involved in a house robbery that took place on Tuesday, with one officer shot in the leg. Police were nonetheless able to apprehend two of the suspects.
A follow-up operation that ran into the evening was then launched, and police again came under fire from the suspects. Three men were arrested in the evening and found in possession stolen goods and an assortment of devices used to assist them in a spree of robberies.
Two friends appear in court for murder of elderly KZN farm dweller
The 74-year-old tuckshop owner was at his home at Holmbosch Farm in KZN when the two friends allegedly attacked and killed him.
Two friends, Nhlanhla Mhlongo, 22 and Sakhile Cele, 25, appeared in the KwaDukuza Magistrate’s Court in KZN for the alleged robbery and murder of a tuckshop owner and farm dweller. The pair have been remanded in custody until 23 February 2021 for a bail application.
Detectives managed to arrest the two friends on Sunday 14 February 2021 at the Doringkop area in KwaDukuza.
ASSAULTED, STRANGLED AND STABBED
It is alleged that on 6 February 2021, a 74-year-old tuckshop owner by the name of Goberdhan Sahadew was at his home at Holmbosch Farm when the two suspects attacked him.
Office of the Provincial Commissioner KwaZulu-Natal DURBAN –Nhlanhla Mhlongo (22) and Sakhile Cele (25) appeared in the KwaDukuza Magistrate’s Court for the robbery and murder of a tuckshop owner and were remanded in custody until 23 February 2021 for a bail application. KwaDukuza Detectives arrested the two friends on Sunday, 14 February 2021 at Doringkop area in KwaDukuza. It is alleged that on 06 February 2021, a tuckshop owner Goberdhan Sahadew (74) was at his home at Holmbosch Farm when the two suspects attacked him. They locked the door, assaulted, strangled and stabbed the victim once on the chest. They took his cellphones, shotgun, cash and other items and drove away in his vehicle. The vehicle was later found abandoned not far from the crime scene. Customers who found Sahadew’s lifeless body had spotted the bloodstains outside the yard and informed the police