The SAPS at Musina arrested a 35-year-old Johannesburg male suspect in connection with charges of murder, attempted murder and house robbery on Saturday.

The spokesperson for the Musina police, Lt Peter Mudau, said that the suspect, who has been identified as Xolani Ronald 'Khulani' Dombeni, and three other suspects, who are still at large, allegedly entered a house at Frost Avenue.

“They then robbed the inhabitants of at least R500 000 in cash and three mobile phones,” Mudau said. “The four were armed with pistols, which they used to threaten the victims. The police recovered R243 000 and three phones.”

After the robbery, said Mudau, the four suspects met a 35-year-old Bangladesh man, Mr Debnash Ratan, along Hans van der Merwe Street and shot him in the chest. “The victim died,” Mudau confirmed.

Mudau added that the four men then ran away from the scene of the crime and met another man who was also walking along Hans van der Merwe Street. “They shot him in the stomach,” Mudau said. “The victim was rushed to the hospital and was later identified as Edwin Nega, who is 34 years of age. Nega is responding well to medical treatment so far.”

The police managed to arrest Dombeni, while the other three suspects evaded arrest. “We will do our best as law-enforcers to make sure that even those other three suspects are arrested and brought to book,” stated Mudau.

Dombeni resides at Zonkezizwe Zone 3, Kathlehong, in Johannesburg.