Suspect in Eshowe family massacre is a social worker: Bheki Cele
Police Minister Bheki Cele has met with the Eshowe family whose relatives were shot dead in their home on Saturday.
The victims have been identified as elderly couple, Octavia and Christopher Khumalo, 37-year-old Mbali Khumalo, 17-year-old Snothile Hlongwane and Thabo Khumalo and Anothando Sgampu, who were both eight-years-old.
The suspect, a relative was arrested in Greytown on Monday.
READ: [WATCH] Bheki Cele visits Eshowe family massacre crime scene
Stembiso Mtimkhulu appeared in court this morning.
Cele says he is a social worker.
He visited the homestead today and says it’s clear the
killer wanted to wipe the family out, "The people who were killed here were between the ages of 8 and 75-years-old which means somebody wanted to just shoot the family."
"We did go inside and listened to the brother of the deceased who lived in the house, together with the wife and grankids."
#EshoweMassacre Cele arrives at the home in #Eshowe where 6 people were gunned down @ECR_Newswatch he goes in to speak to family. This is allegedly at the hands of a male family member. We are unaware at this stage, what the cause of the attack is. pic.twitter.com/3iQ8iVGFmc
— Nushera Soodyal (@nushera) February 24, 2021
