Members of the Gauteng Serious and Violent Crime Investigations team arrested one suspect on the Atteridgeville case of 12 counts of murder and 13 counts of attempted murder. The suspect was arrested in Limpopo province on 21 December 2025.
During the arrest, the team recovered an unlicensed firearm, hand gun, believed to have been used in the commission of the multiple murders. The firearm will be taken to the Forensic Science Laboratory for ballistic analysis.
The suspect is expected to appear before the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court today, 22 December 2025. He is facing charges of possession of unlicensed firearm and ammunition. He will then be transferred to Gauteng to face the full might of the law. The manhunt for the remaining two suspects is continuing.
On 6 December 2024, three suspects shot and killed 12 people and injured 13 others at an illegal shebeen operating from a hostel room in Saulsville. The investigation team has been working tirelessly to trace the perpetrators.
