GUNMAN SHOT DEAD AT INGATJA MARCH

MBABANE – Members of the army are said to have shot dead a gunman who had shot and injured an umbutfo during the march by Ingatja to cut the scared shrub lusekwane.

Information gathered last night was that the gunman appeared from nowhere and randomly shot at the marching members of the regiments, who at that time were near Masundvwini High School, which is not far from the final destination where the shrub was to be cut. Impeccable sources informed the Times SUNDAY that after firing at the regiments; the gunman managed to hit one umbutfo and then fled into the nearby bushes. “However, members of the army, who were providing security to the regiments, pursued the gunman into the forest where they managed to shoot him dead,” relayed one of the sources.

The source said the shot umbutfo was rushed to hospital where his condition had not yet been determined by the time of compiling this report. Lieutenant Tengetile Khumalo, the army spokesperson, referred enquiries to Percy Simelane, the Director of Communication at the King’s Office. Simelane, on the other hand, referred the matter to the police: “It sounds like a police case to me. We don’t handle crime. Kindly take it up with the police.” Chief Police Informational and Communications Officer Superintendent Phindile Vilakati also referred the matter to the Ludzidzini governor, and said he was the one who could comment on issues that happened during Lusekwane.

Meanwhile, other sources suggested that the gunman was linked to previous shootings of police officers, one of whom was killed. The sources said the killed gunman was wanted for the death of a police officer, who was shot dead at Mathangeni in Matsapha. There are two incidents that occurred at Mathangeni where officers were killed. In the first incident, which happened around June 26, 2022 when the officer, who was based under the Traffic Department at Matsapha Police Station, was shot while attending to a supposed traffic accident around Mathangeni. The other incident saw another police officer, who was based at the Matsapha Police Academy, shot dead by an unknown person at Mathangeni around 6am. Also, the sources said the killed gunman was linked to the shooting of a police officer at KaPhunga. The officer was shot at around 7:30am while in his house but he survived.  

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