DJ Sumbody, DJ Vintos, Armand Swart, and Don Tindleni were killed using the same AK-47, and all died in the same way after they were killed in a hail of bullets at different times, arguably by the same suspects.

This was revealed by the South African Police outside the Alexandra Magistrates Court on Tuesday for the appearance of alleged hitmen Musa Kekana, Michael Pule Tau, and Floyd Mabusela, who are now charged with the murder of Don Tindleni.

Speaking outside Alexandra Magistrates Court, police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe stated that the guns used to kill DJ Sumbody are the same as the ones used for DJ Vintos, Armand Swart, and Don Tindleni.

The court postponed the bail application of the alleged mastermind behind Oupa Sefoka’s murder, popularly known as DJ Sumbody to August 6, and all the accused were remanded in custody.

Mathe was speaking following the court appearance of Katiso ‘KT’ Molefe – who is believed to have ordered the hit – and was expected to apply for bail. The four each face three counts of murder and charges of unlawful possession of guns.

National police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe indicated that the four men who are accused of killing DJ Sumbody have also been charged with the murders of DJ Vintos and Don Tindleni, with reports that DJ Vintos was gunned down outside a nightclub in Orlando East in March 2022.

“This case relates to the murder of Hecter Buthelezi, DJ Vintos, as he was popularly known. He was killed in March 2022, outside a nightclub in Orlando East. He was killed in a hail of bullets. At the time, the suspects were driving a BMW X3. His killers were never found. We then moved on to the same year in November, where DJ Sumbody and his two bodyguards, Sibusiso Mokoena and Sandile Myeza, were also assassinated and killed in a hail of bullets in Woodmead. We then move on to March 2023, which is the second case of Tindleni,” said Mathe.

Tindleni, who was killed on the N1, near the N17 offramp while he was inside his 5 series BMW, was killed in a hail of bullets. That case was never solved.

“We then move to April 2024, Armand Swart, who was then killed in a case of mistaken identity hit. Our investigation has brought us to this point, where we are linking the AK-47 as well as the three pistols that were found on the Armand Swart case. We are linking them to the killing of Armand Swart, DJ Vintos, and we are linking that same AK-47 to the killing of DJ Sumbody, his body guards as well as the Don Tindleni murder.

“We have said previously that we do not only have the ballistic expert report that links these suspects to these hits, but there is other overwhelming evidence,” said Mathe.

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