Three Zimbabweans are on the run after escaping from remand detention at Kgoi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in the early hours of Saturda...
Three Zimbabweans are on the run after escaping from
remand detention at Kgoi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in the early hours of
Saturday in South Africa.
Spokesperson for the Department of Justice and Correctional
Services, Singabakho Nxumalo, said a manhunt had been launched in collaboration
with the SAPS to apprehend the inmates. The escapees are Morris Tyavana,
Medicine Girenzi and Amos Chikwange. One South African, Sam Hlungwane also
escaped.
Their crimes include theft, armed robbery and
house-breaking. It was unclear how they made it out of the remand centre.
However, Nxumalo said law-enforcement had instituted an investigation to reveal
how the escapes happened.
He declined to be drawn into speculation regarding whether
the incident suggested that security at the facility was compromised.
COMMENTS