KaBokweni – The second suspect arrested for the Piennar Tavern shooting that left eight people dead has been unmasked.
Days after his arrest, 43-year-old Mduduzi Kehla Lubisi appeared in the KaBokweni Magistrate’s Court, near Mbombela (Nelspruit), Mpumalanga on Thursday, (16 January 2025).
Lubisi and his co-accused, 39-year-old Bongani Patrick Nkosi, who was arrested first, are accused of firing shots outside the Levisa Bar Lounge – a tavern in Pienaar – at the weekend killing six people on the spot.
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Two others succumbed to gunshot wounds in hospital.
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Lubisi was arrested earlier this week on Tuesday in Pienaar.
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Mpumalanga police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Jabu Ndubane said: “The suspect appeared in KaBokweni Magistrate’s Court and the case was postponed to 21 January 2025 for a formal bail application”.
Both accused Nkosi and Lubisi remain in custody and will be appearing together in court next Tuesday, (21 January 2025).
