ANC leadership to visit Inchanga in wake of political killings

22 August 2016 - 13:53 By Nivashni Nair

The African National Congress’ (ANC) eThekwini regional leadership will visit a tense Inchanga‚ outside Pietermaritzburg‚ on Monday afternoon in the wake of two politically motivated killings there. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Thulani Zwane confirmed the two shootings‚ including that of prominent South African Communist Party (SACP) member Nontsikelelo Blose on Sunday evening and a suspected revenge attack on Monday.“We can confirm the incident that took place yesterday at about 6pm at Fredville area where a 40-year-old woman was shot by unknown suspects. She was taken to hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. The motive is unknown. A case of murder was opened at Inchanga police station for investigation and no arrests have been made‚" said Zwane."Another person was killed this morning as well at Inchanga. People are blocking the roads with burning tyres and stones protesting about the killing of a woman yesterday night. Police are deployed in the area to monitor."A media briefing ahead of Tuesday's municipal inauguration was cancelled to allow party leaders to “focus on Inchanga”."There has been violence in Ward 4. We have been told there have been fatalities. The leadership is attending to that. We are not aware of what led to this violence. The leadership is going there to find out what happened‚" said party spokesman Nkosenhle Madlala.TMG Digital/BDlive..

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