Police probe family feuds and soured business deals as possible motive for Highflats massacre

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Police in KwaZulu-Natal believe Wednesday’s mass shooting of seven people from the Khambule family could be linked to ongoing family squabbles and tender-related business deals

Police have reason to believe that the gruesome murders of seven family members in KZN were premeditated. Picture: Supplied.Speaking to the media at the scene in Highflats, just outside Pietermaritzburg, provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said the family was seated in the lounge when the gunmen entered the homestead.

“A search for the suspects is already under way. I am confident that police will crack the case and bring perpetrators to justice,” Mkhwanazi said. KZN SAPS Commissioner, Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi at the homestead where seven people were killed in the province. Picture: Supplied

 

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