Rapper AKA was gunned down in Durban last year. (Photo credit: Gallo Images / Oupa Bopape)
PPolice in KwaZulu-Natal have arrested another prime suspect in the murders of Keenan “AKA” Forbes and his friend Thebelo “Tibs” Motsoane.
Police announced Wednesday that a 30-year-old suspect was arrested. This arrest brings the total number of suspects arrested on suspicion of murder to seven.
The five suspects will appear in the Durban Magistrates Court on Thursday, February 29.
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On Tuesday night, Police Minister Bheki Cele told the media that six people had been arrested on suspicion of killing AKA and his friend Tibbs last year.
Mr Forbes and Mr Motuane were murdered outside the Wish restaurant in Durban on February 10, 2023.
KwaZulu-Natal Police Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said the six people played different roles in carrying out the murder.
“There was a lifeguard inside the restaurant and another person outside the restaurant,” he said.
Mr Mkhwanazi said one of his lifeguards had followed AKA from the airport when it arrived in Durban.
He said four vehicles were used in the crime, two of which were rented and then returned to their owners.
The first vehicle and the firearm used were recovered last year.
He said all those arrested were connected to other murder cases.
Mkhwanazi said four suspects were in police custody and two remained in Swaziland.
He said more people may be arrested, but the case is secure. —witness