Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za

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31 October 2023 | 14:58 CAT

The house in Amaoti, Inanda where five men were killed on Wednesday. Image: Reaction Unit

A search was launched after five men in their 20s were found killed execution-style in a RDP house this week.

Detectives in Inanda, a township situated northwest of Durban, have made a breakthrough in the recent mass killing in the area.

Kwa-Zulu Natal police spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker says the team of detectives worked around the clock to connect the dots in solving the case.

Naicker said Inanda detectives, who found the bodies of five men in an RDP house in Amaoti on Wednesday, followed leads which led them to a KwaMashu clinic on Thursday.

“Information led the team to a clinic in KwaMashu, where three suspects were arrested. They were found in possession of eight rounds of ammunition.

“Further investigation led detectives to a house at Amaoti where police were met with gunfire. During a shootout, a 60-year-old man believed to be a traditional healer used by the suspects was fatally wounded,” said Naicker

The man was found in possession of a revolver with three rounds of ammunition.

Naicker said the arrested suspects, between 19 and 28 years old, are expected to appear before the Ntuzuma magistrate’s court on Monday.

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