Staff Reporter
Free State police have arrested a 20-year-old foreign national and a 43-year-old local farmer in connection with the killing of a QwaQwa family last week.
The two, who were arrested in Harrismith in the early hours of Friday, bring to three the number of people who have been arrested in connection with the brutal murders.
Provincial police spokesperson Colonel Thandi Mbambo said the pair was arrested at about 1am by members of an integrated team of investigators set up to investigate the family killings which took place at Marakong Village, Namahadi in QwaQwa late last Saturday night into the hours of Sunday.
“The main suspect is still at large,” said Mbambo in a statement.
“The farmer is charged with defeating ends of justice after it emerged that he’s been transporting the suspects with his vehicle assisting them to evade the law. His vehicle was confiscated,” she added.
The two suspects will appear in the Phuthaditjhaba Magistrates Court on Monday, on charges of murder, arson and attempted murder.
The first suspect, who was arrested on Wednesday evening, was expected to make a first court appearance today.