South Africa: Mmakau Police Investigate Killing of Family Members

press release

Police in Mmakau are investigating four counts of murder, house robbery and robbery following an incident in which four members of a family were allegedly killed late in the evening on Tuesday, 06 December 2016 in Mmakau village.

This is after unconfirmed number of suspects gained entrance into the family's premises where they allegedly shot and killed a 41-year-old Constable, his 40-year-old wife, two children aged 3 and 22. The suspects then fled the scene with a Chrysler Voyager vehicle. The vehicle was later found abandoned in the bushes at Black Rock Section, Mmakau. The Constable was working at Hebron Police Station. The motive of the incident is unknown at this stage and no one has been arrested.

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