Illegal miners blamed for murder of young couple on N12
As police continue to hunt for the killers of a young couple who were shot in their vehicle, allegations are that the perpetrators could have been illegal miners operating in the area.
A post on the Concerned Residents of the South Facebook page also suggested that the attackers were illegal miners. It's believed that the man had called his father to help him with diesel after running out of fuel and on arrival, the father found his son and girlfriend both dead.Gauteng police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Lungelo Dlamini could not confirm if the suspects were illegal miners, saying police were following all leads."We are looking at those possibilities, because there are some leads that the police are already following," Dlamini said.
It's believed the witnesses told the police that three unknown suspects shot the man multiple times first and then shot the woman as she sat in the passenger seat.“Members of the community managed to take the fire extinguisher and prevented the bakkie from catching fire,” Dlamini said.According to ER24 spokesperson Ross Campbell, the two victims were declared dead on the scene.
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