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Lusikisiki
mass shooting:
Parolee expected
to apply for bail
Written by Jolene Marriah-Maharaj Siphosoxolo Myekethe is
Senior Digital Journalist, IOL News expected to appear in the
Lusikisiki Magistrate’s Court
where he faces 18 counts of
murder.
The National Prosecuting
Authority (NPA) said they will
oppose the bail application.
Myekethe, a convicted killer,
was out on parole when he Mhlaluvele, 46, Mary
allegedly killed the 18 Sinqina, 63, Nombuliso
people. Dukuza, 32, Mathembisile
Myekethe was arrested on Mayekiso/Sinqina, 64,
October 7, 2024 at his home Nobelungu France, 59,
in Mthimde Location, Themi Vimba, 41, Nomazwi
A person arrested in connection with the mass Mamfengwini Area in the Ndleleni, 59, Nancy Sinqina,
shooting in Lusikisiki is expected to make a bid district of Lusikisiki. 59, Dimpho Sinqina, 30,
for bail. Picture: SAPS Thali King Sinqina, 26.
The women victims have
b e e n i d e n t i f i e d a s The three male victims were:
The 45-year-old man arrested in connection Nonkanyiso Dukuza, 19, Thobile Sinqina, 37,
with a mass shooting incident in Lusikisiki that Ruth King, 21, Mandisa Smomoza Sinqina, 14, and
Dlokweni, 59, Samantha 59-year- old Sigobodo
claimed 18 lives is expected to make an
Sinqina, 26, Lungiswa Gxobela.
application for bail on Tuesday morning. Gawulekana, 51, Thandeka
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