The police in Bloemfontein are calling for a stop on gang violence, and appeals to communities to report any gang related activities. This comes after two bodies were found next to a primary school in Phase 2, on Saturday morning.
Police spokesperson, Thandi Mbambo, says preliminary investigations have revealed that the deceased were part of a notorious gang and were on the police wanted list for a number of murders in the Mangaung area. She says it is believed that their death was related to gang violence.
“Whilst at the scene of murder the task team dealing with gangs managed to arrest two gang members aged 20 and 23 who are friends and allies to the deceased. Together with the deceased they were wanted for murder that occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday where two gang members were murdered.”
Mbambo says eleven more gang members appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s court on Friday for charges ranging from murder, attempted murder and assault GBH and will appear again on the 29 February 2017. She says a total of 29 gang members have thus far been arrested in the Mangaung area between the months of January and February alone.
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