A 28-year-old man was gunned down in Madadeni, KwaZulu-Natal while walking down a road. However, after shooting the young man, the killer then took the victim’s phone and called the victim’s cousin to inform them of the crime.

Local police explained that the crime occurred on 26 January 2023. The 28-year-old man had visited friends and was on his way home on foot. At 9.45 pm, as the man was walking through Section 7 of Madadeni, his evening took a violent turn.

“An unidentified person shot him in the chest. The suspect then took the deceased’s Nokia cellphone and contacted his (the victim’s) cousin to inform them of the crime,” said a police source.
After informing the shocked family member of the fatal shooting, the police source added that the suspect then switched off the cellphone and vanished with it.

Madadeni SAPS spokesperson Constable Langa explained that a suspect was arrested later that night, without divulging the suspect

Reaction Unit South Africa made a huge arrest of three out of four cash-in-transit robbers in Verulam.

According to RUSA, the arrests were made following an event that started with a cash-in-transit robbery on Ireland Street in the Verulam CBD. The robbers fled on foot with the cash box.

They then hijacked a champagne-colored Toyota Corolla (picture 2) and sped off. While on the run on Wick Street, the getaway vehicle struck a 57-year-old pedestrian. The robbers continued driving and collided with a white Toyota Hiace (picture 4) at the Wick & Ireland Street intersection. The taxi plummeted several meters down an embankment.

Witnesses contacted RUSA after they noticed armed suspects exiting the Toyota Corolla and hijacking a black VW Golf which fled on the M27 in the direction of Waterloo. Reaction Officers converged on the initial scene where the money box was recovered (picture 3).

An extensive search spanning two and a half hours was then launched for the suspects. RUSA Members spotted the black VW Golf stationary near the Waterloo Phase 6 entrance. Two suspects alighted from the vehicle and fled in different directions.

Officers split up and requested additional backup. The first suspect was apprehended after a search of the sugar cane plantation approximately five kilometers from the initial scene. The second suspect fled through a bush and attempted to evade arrest while fleeing through properties.

A RUSA Member observed the robber’s movements from an elevated position and directed other Officers to his location via two-way radio. The suspect was thereafter located hiding in a bush. Both robbers are Mozambican nationals. They were placed under arrest and detained at SAPS Verulam.

Emer-G-Med paramedics responded to the scene of a shooting incident on Havelock Road in the Greenwood Park area.

On arrival on the scene, two men were found to have been shot multiple times and were treated and stabilized on the scene before being taken to a nearby hospital for further care.

Reports from the scene allege that the men were seated in a vehicle when they were sprayed with bullets from a passing vehicle.

The South African Police Services were in attendance and will be conducting the necessary investigation accordingly.

Warning: This article contains graphic images & is not for sensitive readers.

A 45-year-old man was shot during a robbery on an unnamed road in Mawotana this morning (Thursday).

RUSA was contacted by the residents requesting assistance for the injured male. The officers arrived on the scene and found the victim sitting on the pavement bleeding from a wound on his left thigh.

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The victim was on his way to meet his employer in the construction industry in Phoenix, he explained that when he was on his way he was confronted by a lone gunman. The suspect demanded his valuables, and when he attempted to flee, two rounds were fired.

One round of the two rounds fired, struck his left thigh. The suspect thereafter stole R650 in cash before he fled in an unknown direction.

The man was treated for his injury on the scene before being transported to the hospital in stable condition.

Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) have arrested two suspects believed to be directly linked to a Truck Hijacking Syndicate operating in Durban.

Around 4 pm Tuesday, local security company RUSA received a tip-off that five males were tempering with a refrigerated trailer on the R102 Northbound lane abeam King Shaka International Airport (KSIA). They had a white Toyota Corolla which was their getaway car.

Reaction officers arrived on the scene and in an attempt to approach the men, four of the men sped off in the white Toyota Corolla. One suspect was fleeing on foot behind the getaway vehicle trying to stop it.

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The officers split into two groups with one group in pursuit of the getaway vehicle while another team initiated a foot chase. The first suspect was apprehended about 500m from the trailer. He was found in possession of an unlicensed 9mm pistol (picture 3) a mobile phone and bank cards.

An inspection through his phone was carried out regarding hijackings and drop-off locations of trucks. Several videos of suspects that were recorded inside truck cabins were also found in the phone media gallery. One video identified the truck that was hijacked on Monday that was reported at Bellair SAPS Case 105/01/2023.

The getaway vehicle was recovered on Old Main Road in Canelands following a high-speed chase. The driver was apprehended shortly after exiting the vehicle. He informed Reaction Officers that he was employed at an E-Hailing company and he was used by the hijackers to pick and drop them at various locations.

A second set of number plates were recovered in the boot. An extensive search of the surrounding cane field was conducted for the remaining suspects, however, no further arrests were made.

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The owner of the trailer arrived shortly thereafter and informed Reaction Offices that his driver & conductor were hijacked by five men in a white Toyota Corolla last night (Monday) near Edwin Swales. The victims were driven to Kwa Mashu where a second truck hitched the trailer that was loaded with R250 000 worth of perishable goods.

The hijacked truck was abandoned and the victims were released without injury. Upon inspection of the trailer following the arrest, it was discovered that the entire loaded was still intact.

Both suspects and all exhibits were handed over to the Tongaat SAPS for further investigation.

Reaction Unit South Africa lines were buzzed multiple times with reports of murder-suicide in Lenham. Residents called for assistance after a man gunned down a female on aGlosen Place, later on, he turned the gun at himself and killed himself.

As the reaction officers arrived on the scene they discovered the body of a female believed to be in her late thirties lying on the road outside her property. She sustained a single gunshot wound on her head.

Due to the degree of injury, she was pronounced deceased. The body of the partner who also was in his late thirties was discovered in his flat one road away from the initial shooting.

It is alleged the two were in a relationship. The man allegedly confronted the female outside her residence where they started a heated argument.

He produced a firearm and shot her before he fled to his flat. The deceased`s teenage daughter from a previous relationship was in the house at the time of the incident.

The male requested a glass of water from his mother and requested that he see his 13-year-old son from his first marriage when he returned to his home. He allegedly embraced his son before taking his life.

He used the .38 special (picture below). According to his mother, he purchased the firearm on Saturday. The weapon is believed to be unlicensed but this is yet to be confirmed.

Circumstances surrounding the murder/suicide were not immediately established.