Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and killing of seven people in Newtown Newark, north of KwaZulu-Natal.

It is alleged that the trio kidnapped the victims from a house on Tuesday and later killed them that night in Melmoth.

Police have established that one of the suspects worked for the victims.

Police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says the victims are aged between 20 and 83.

“A total of eleven cellphones were found in possession of the suspects. He and his accomplices allegedly broke into the victims’ house, tied them up with a rope and one them allegedly raped the 20-year-old woman before loading them onto a vehicle belonging to one of the victims, and drove to Melmoth, a distance of approximately 200km from the scene. Police also unearthed that the same suspect who raped the 20-year-old at the house, raped her again in Melmoth, before demanding banking details and Personal Identification Numbers (PIN) from three victims. After collecting the banking details, the suspects shot and killed three victims to death. The other four victims were brutally stabbed to death.Police also discovered that on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, several bank transfers were made from the victims’ accounts.”

#sapsKZN Intensive investigation by #SAPS Newark in KZN, working together with KwaDukuza Detectives, KwaDukuza TRT, Provincial Counterintelligence Unit, Provincial Counter Kidnapping Unit, Provincial Serious and Violence Crimes Unit and police’s E2 partners led to the arrest of 3… pic.twitter.com/zYvL7fg6UB

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