News24 | Lusikisiki mass shooting: Two more arrested, high-calibre firearms seized

The house in Ngobozana in Lusikisiki where the shooting occured. (Lulama Zenzile/News24)

• Police have arrested two more suspects in the Lusikisiki mass shooting incident. 
• The high-calibre firearms used in the killing of 18 people have also been recovered. 
• Police have also confiscated the vehicle used during the massacre. 

Police have arrested two more suspects and recovered high calibre firearms that were used during the mass shooting that left 18 people dead in Ngobozana village in Lusikisiki last month.

National police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said on Friday morning that the two were arrested in the neighbouring town of Flagstaff on Thursday evening.

She added that the two were arrested "through intelligence and meticulous detective work".

"Preliminary investigations indicate that the firearms were moved to another location after the killing of the [18 people in] Lusikisiki. Two more suspects have been arrested after they were found to be in possession of these rifles," Mathe said.

“The high-calibre firearms have been taken in for ballistics testing to determine and confirm that they were indeed used in the commission of the crime and to also determine which other crime scenes can be linked to them.

"The Minister of Police, Mr Senzo Mchunu, the Deputy Ministers of Police, Ms Polly Boshielo, Mr Cassel Mathale and the National Commissioner of the SAPS, General Fannie Masemola have commended the investigating team for this breakthrough."

On Thursday, Masemola announced that a vehicle used during the massacre had since been seized by police.

On Wednesday, police arrested three suspects in Port Shepstone in connection with the mass shooting. Masemola announced that another suspect was arrested in East London. They will appear in the Lusikisiki Magistrate’s Court on Friday. 

Last week, police arrested Siphosoxolo Myekethe, 45, in connection with the murders. Myekethe was out on parole for the murder of a police officer during a robbery in 2000.

He appeared in court on Tuesday. His case was postponed to 26 November.