FOREIGN NATIONAL HUNTED ON ALLEGATION OF MURDER

FOREIGN NATIONAL HUNTED ON ALLEGATION OF MURDER

BY BRIAN KAJENGO

Mpumalanga - Police are looking for a man believed to be a Somalian national who allegedly accused of shooting and killed a 20-year-old learner from Mayibuye High School in Pienaar near Nelspruit.

It’s alleged that the learner was on his way to school yon Tuesday 25 February 2014, at approximately 07:30; when he walked pass a shop owned by a foreign national to see his two fellow schoolmates who were standing outside the shop.

The shop owner came out of the shop whereby a quarrel ensues in which he allegedly accused the learner of being one of the people who committed robbery at his shop.

The suspect allegedly assaulted the learner with fists.

The eye witnesses of the incident and reported it to the police. Its allegedly suspected that that the argument emanated when the learner allegedly took out a knife from his pocket and the shop owner withdrew a pistol and fatally shot him.

“The suspect fled the scene before the police arrived and is since on the run. It is regrettable that a young man had to lose his life in a despicable manner. Having said that, it goes without saying that the community might be outrageous about this incident, nevertheless we are calling for peace and stability. Let us allow the necessary prescripts of the law to take its course,” said the Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Thulani Ntobela.

Police is requesting anyone with information about this man to please contact Warrant Officer Andrew Thwala at 013 794 9397.