KNYSNA NEWS - A cloud of secrecy still obscures the shooting incident of Friday, February 13 2015 when a couple was shot in the bedroom of their home in Queen Street, Knysna by a man who is believed to have the Tanzanian nationality - and who was released by the NPA.
Anyone who has any information regarding this incident is requested to call the Knysna SAPS at 044 302 6652 or Crime Stop at 08600 10111
It seems the police have silenced everybody with any information on what truly happened at about 03:30 that morning. It is not even know whether the injuries were lethal or not.
Nobody, not the family, police or the hospital, can disclose any information on the medical condition of the man. Neither may the couple's names be released to the media, for security reasons. The woman and her children also do not stay at their home for the sake of their safety.
On the day the husband and wife were shot, the Knysna Police arrested a suspect and issued a statement saying:
"Police searched and found evidence in his possession that links him to the crime scene."
However, National Prosecutions Authority (NPA) has made a controversial decision that there was not enough evidence against the Tanzanian suspect to place cases of house robbery and attempted murder on the court roll and he was consequently released him from custody.
On Tuesday, February 17, the Southern Cape Police sCaptain Malcolm Pojie said that there was nothing the police could do if the NPA decided to free a suspect. "We are awaiting the results of forensic tests and thereafter we can arrest him again if the test results connect him to the crime scene."
The fact that the man has a Tanzanian passport and that there was a high possibility that he could leave the country before the test results became available, could not be denied by Pojie.
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