KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Community Safety, Willies Mchunu, has raised serious concerns about the high number of firearms in the province that are in the wrong hands.

He believes that they are the cause of a number of heinous crimes. On Wednesday, he visited the Nxele homestead at Mbongolwane in Eshowe, where five family members were brutally murdered.

It was once quiet area, now it’s been torn apart by the recent killings. Community members fear of possible revenge attacks. This has forced some residents to flee their homes.

Mchunu says there is a lot of firearms (doing the rounds) and people are highly trained to commit such barbaric crimes. The question that remains however is the motive of the crime.

It’s now emerged that it might be linked to a love triangle involving the local chief. But he’s refuted these allegations.

Meanwhile police are still searching for 16 suspects. Seven have appeared in court and remain in custody.
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