Cops probe possible Melville shooting links as kidnapped man rescued

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After almost eight months since the deadly New Year's Eve shootings, police are investigating whether an alleged kidnapping gang had been involved.

Some of the firearms seized by police when they arrested an alleged kidnapping syndicate at a house in Kliprivier, Johannesburg, 24 July 2020. The gang could possibly also be linked to the Melville New Year's shootings on 1 January 2020, police say. Picture: SAPS

The shooting just an hour into the new year outside Poppy’s restaurant in the popular Seventh Street is yet to lead to any arrests. The drive-by crime left two women dead and six other people injured and hospitalised. No further details on the rescue can be provided at this stage in order to protect the investigation.Foreign military uniform, guns recovered in house of alleged kidnapping syndicate in Joburg.

 

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