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Police in Jeffreys Bay have arrested one suspect for the alleged attempted murder of the two sons of DA municipal ward 4 councillor, and mayoral committee member, Jaques Alexander, who were shot outside a tavern in Pellsrus on March 17.
As previously reported by Kouga Express, police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu said that it is alleged that at about 00:45 on March 17, two brothers aged 19 and 24 years old were outside a tavern in Pellsrus in Jeffreys Bay when they were shot by an unknown suspect.
She said that both brothers sustained a gunshot wound to their stomachs and were rushed to hospital for treatment.
The recent shooting incident comes two weeks after Alexander, who is the father of the two victims, survived being shot multiple times on February 29, in broad daylight outside the Kouga Municipality main building in Da Gama Road, Jeffreys Bay.
Fortunately, one day after the brothers were shot, Naidu said that one suspect was arrested on March 18.
“The suspect who is 23 years old has been arrested for the alleged attempted murders of the two brothers,” said Naidu.
“The incident is not politically motivated.”
Meanwhile, Naidu said that the four suspects who were arrested swiftly after the shooting incident on February 29, are remanded in custody.
Luxolo Tyali, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson said that suspects Mthumzi Lani, Lutho Mbatha, Luciano Jacobs, and Athenkosi Gidane abandoned their bid for bail during their March 8 court appearance.
