By REGINALD KANYANE
17 June 2025 – The police in Rustenburg said they have launched a manhunt following the brutal killing of an elderly couple in the parking lot of a Shopping Centre on Saturday afternoon, 14 June 2025. The police said the preliminary reports suggest that the couple was fatally shot after a confrontation ensued with the occupants of a white Kia Rio without number plates.
The North West police spokesperson, Colonel Adele Myburgh said the paramedics declared both victims dead on the scene. Myburgh said the motive of the incident is yet to be determined.
“The police urge anyone who may have information that can assist in the investigations to contact Lieutenant Colonel Mainganyo Nathaniël Phatsoane on 082 373 9571 or Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Murunwa on 082 772 599,” she said.
Meanwhile, the acting North West Police Commissioner, Major General Patrick Asaneng said: “This senseless, gratuitous violence which has led to the brutal slaying of the elderly couple in broad daylight cannot and should not go unpunished.
“I am calling upon the perpetrator(s) to listen to their conscience and hand themselves over to the police before they are tracked. According to the police the perpetrator(s) are considered armed and dangerous.”
Asaneng said once again those who have information about the identity and whereabouts of the suspect(s) must immediately come forward with information that would assist in finding and arresting the suspect(s) and this request is directed to the friends and relatives of the suspects. He said as the saying goes, “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who idly sit, watch and do nothing.”
“I have instructed the detectives and the tracking team not to rest until the perpetrators of this heinous crime are found,” said Asaneng.
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