Staff Reporter.
Mpumalanga Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a German tourist near the Kruger Park’s Numbi gate.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said Napoleon Joseph Nyalungu, 35, was arrested in Nelspruit on Wednesday evening.
Nyalungu appeared in the KaBokweni Magistrate’s Court on Friday on charges of murder, attempted murder and attempted hijacking, following his arrest on Wednesday.
He will remain in custody until 19 October for legal representation.
The 67-year-old German man was killed last week while travelling with three others from the Drakensberg to Mdluli Safari Lodge in the Kruger National Park.