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The team investigating Meyiwa’s case reportedly interviewed a prisoner believed to be related to the soccer player’s murder.
FILE: Senzo Meyiwa, former captain of the Bafana Bafana and the Orlando Pirates. Image: Senzo Meyiwa’s Official Facebook Page
JOHANNESBURG – A weapon that has been positively linked to the murder of Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa was also found to be used in the murder of a taxi chief three months after the soccer star’s death.
News 24 reported Tuesday that the police had made a breakthrough in the Meyiwa murder case.
“News 24 it may also reveal that the police have identified the man who allegedly fired the shots that killed Meyiwa in October 2014, ”the news site said.
The team investigating Meyiwa’s case reportedly interviewed a prisoner believed to be related to the soccer player’s murder.
The man, according to News 24, is currently serving a 30-year prison sentence for the murder of a Johannesburg taxi chief.
News 24 reporter Sipho Masondo spoke with 702Mandy Wiener to shed more light on this.
“This firearm was found at the Cleveland Police Station. It turns out that the guy, the defendant, has been singled out for having participated in the murder of Senzo Meyiwa. In early 2015, the guy is also charged with murdering a Taxi chief in Alexandra. Looks like the guy was tried for that and sentenced to 30 years in prison, “Masondo said.
“I don’t know how the gun ended up in Cleveland, but the gun that killed Senzo Meyiwa is the same one that killed the owner of the taxi three months apart because Senzo died in October and this guy was arrested for the murder of the head of the taxi. taxi in January. I don’t know how it ended up in Cleveland. It wasn’t destroyed in 2017 and the police were able to find the gun and now we positively link it to the murder of Senzo Meyiwa.
“With the discovery of the firearm and these confessions, the police are much closer to the truth and now they know that those people (who were in the house at the time) misled the police. I spoke with the NPA yesterday and they confirmed that they received the police file in late August and are in the process of making a decision. “
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