A team of investigators assigned to probe the murder of late Collins Chabane Municipality mayor, Moses Maluleke, has positively linked a suspect to the killing, says the South African Police Service (SAPS).
The suspect was recently arrested along with three other people nabbed for a spate of serious crimes.
This linkage brings the total number of suspects arrested for the murder of the Mayor to five, said Limpopo SAPS spokesperson, Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo.
The Mayor was shot and killed at his home on 21 July 2022. His 18-year-old son was also shot and injured during the incident.
Mojapelo said: “The Vhembe Trio Crimes Task Team received information about the location of the suspects who were committing a spate of business robberies, carjackings, murders, rapes and burglaries committed in Thohoyandou, Mphephu, Siloam, Vuwani and Levubu policing areas.
“The information was operationalised, which led the team to different locations at Ha-Mutodi, Duthuni,
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