By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
SA Police Services are searching for a group of assailants following a shooting that left two people dead outside the Randburg magistrate’s court.
Police spokesperson Colonel Mavela Masondo confirmed the shooting saying the motive was being investigated.
“Police have opened a case of murder and searching for the suspects after a male and female were shot and killed outside the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 08 November, at approximately 07h00.
“The victims were walking towards the Randburg Magistrate’s Court when they were approached by the suspect who shot at them, Masondo said.
Masondo added that the victims were certified dead at the scene.
“The suspects were driving in a black Mercedes Benz. The motive for the killing cannot be confirmed at this stage. A case of murder is being investigated.”
However Fulview understands that the woman and her husband killed were due to testify against policemen accused of torture.
The four police officers are on trial for the alleged torture of the woman who was linked to a robbery on her employer’s plot in Midrand in 2018.
The victims were scheduled to be cross-examined this week after giving evidence in chief last week.
Police are appealing to anyone who might have information that can help in the investigation or assist in the apprehension of the suspects to please call the nearest police station or call crime stop on 08600 10111.
Meanwhile, police have arrested five suspects after foiling a planned cash-in-transit (CIT) heist in a shootout on Tuesday that has left a security guard dead.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said officers caught the suspects after receiving information of the planned heist.
Mathe said law enforcement intercepted some members in Vrede, Free State, and caught others in Memel, about 52km away travelling in separate vehicles to Kwazulu-Natal.