BY REGINALD KANYANE

TWO men appeared before Tlhabane Magistrate’s Court on Friday for attempted murder and being in possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition. The men were pursued by Phokeng police on Thursday following a murder of a local man. North West police spokesperson, Major Pelonomi Makau said: “Police searched for suspects who were behind the murder of a local man when they spotted three suspects near Impala mine hospital. The suspects were parked under the tree in the nearby bushes. They fled the scene after the police pounced on them.”

Makau said the suspects shot at the police after they realized that they were cornered.  She said police retaliated and resulted in one of the suspects being shot in the leg.

The two Lesotho nationals aged 23 and 24 respectively were remanded in custody. They will be back in court of November 6.

-TDN

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