Foreign national held after five killed in Gqeberha

A 28-year-old foreign national has been arrested for the brutal murders of five teenagers at a house in Gqeberha.

Police spokesperson Brigadier Nobuntu Gantana said he was arrested on Friday.

“Acting on intelligence gathered during the probe, detectives conducted a tracing operation from the evening of Thursday to the morning of Friday, resulting in the successful apprehension of the suspect,” Gantana said.

Gantana said detectives had been hunting the suspect since the massacre at a house in Mnenga Street, Motherwell last month.