Alyssa Botha (13)’s killer was member of secret ANC militia, released by police
Alyssa Botha, shot dead by a militiaman
Earlier today PRAAG reported on its Afrikaans website
about a secret ANC youth militia being trained at South African
military bases and deployed in black squatter camps. This afternoon it
came to late that the murder last week on 13-year old Alyssa Botha was
committed by a member of the secret militia, known as the “Task Desk”.
During the investigation about a second
shooting on neighbours of the Botha family in Muldersdrift today, it
came to light that the two subesequently arrested subjects had been
involved in the murder on Alyssa. At least one of them was a member of
the “Task Desk”, trained at the Tempe military base in Bloemfontein. He
was however re-arrested as he had been released yesterday by the South
African Police Service, together with four others, as reported earlier
in Five suspects released in Alyssa Botha (13) murder case.
A source within the SAPS confirmed to
PRAAG that two of the five suspects released yesterday committed the
most recent attack on a neighbour of the Botha family that had been
singled out last week. Apparently the same weapons were used, therefore
police did not even bother to disarm the men.
The decision to release the suspects in
the Alyssa Botha murder case, was taken by a black female officer,
Lieutenant-Colonel Katlego Mogale. She claimed yesterday that police
could find “no evidence” linking the suspects to Alyssa’s murder,
despite one of them having a memory card belonging to one of the Botha
girls on him.
The other three suspects are Zimbabweans, leading to the suspicion that they would have fled across the border by now.
The condition of the man shot by them yesterday is still unknown. He was taken to the Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital.
Up to 93% of all homes in the
Muldersdrift area have been attacked, probably as a result of militia
activity. Most of the attacks have a black-on-white profile.
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