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Two more suspects have been arrested for the murder of a 5-year-old, Ditebogo Phalane.
The pair aged 29 and 30 years was nabbed by the Hawks’ Pretoria based(TOMS) team together with Arcasia Crime Prevention unit and Tshwane District(CI) have on Monday.
This brings the total number of suspects arrested in connection with the murder to four.
Ditebogo junior was killed during a hijacking a week ago when four armed men hijacked his father outside their home in Soshanguve.Â
He had just come out of the house to welcome his dad home from work.
After receiving information the team worked tirelessly about the whereabouts of more suspects linked to the murder of Phalane, Hawks spokesperson Warrant Officer Wendy Nkabi revealed.
“Information received from Crime Intelligence was operationalized late yesterday leading the multi-disciplinary to Soshanguve and Atteridgeville respectively where two suspects were arrested and two unlicensed firearms were recovered.
“One of the firearms is alleged to be the murder weapon used in the murder of Ditebogo Phalane but that will be confirmed once the firearms have been sent for testing,” she stated.
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Both suspects will make their first appearance at the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.
Nkabi added that one of the suspects is believed to have been out on bail for alleged hijacking, attempted murder and possession of unlicensed firearm.