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Six arrested over murder of South African rapper AKA
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Six arrested over murder of South African rapper AKA

Six suspects have been arrested in connection with the murders of well-known South African rapper Kiernan Forbes, popularly known as AKA, and his close friend, celebrity chef and entrepreneur Tebello "Tibz" Motshoane. The two were gunned down outside a restaurant in Durban a year ago, in a killing that shocked South Africans. Police said hitmen were paid to target AKA but no motive was revealed. In his career, he had a string of hits including with Nigeria's Burna Boy. The suspects, all aged below 36, are due to appear in court on Thursday. "It was clear that AKA was monitored from the airport and Tibz was not the intended target in the murder on Florida Road in Durban," Lt Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, the KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner, said in a press briefin...
Ipoa sent to Embu to probe deaths of two brothers who had been arrested for breaking Covid Rules.
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Ipoa sent to Embu to probe deaths of two brothers who had been arrested for breaking Covid Rules.

The Inspector-General of Police Hillary Mutyambai has sent a team of detectives from the Internal Affairs Unit to investigate an incident in which two brothers were Wednesday found dead at the Embu Level Five hospital mortuary. The bodies were discovered three days after they were arrested for allegedly breaking Covid-19 rules. The two brothers, Benson Njiru, 22, and Emmanuel Mutura, 19, were last seen alive in Kianjokoma town on Sunday night as police arrested them for being outside during curfew hours. Njiru was a student at Kabarak University. His brother Mutura studied at Don Bosco Technology Training Institute in Karen, Nairobi. They were out on long holidays and were making some money in the meantime. Independent Policing Oversight Authority chairperson Anne Makor...