Alyssa Botha (13)’s killer was member of secret ANC militia, released by
police
September 14, 2012
Alyssa Botha,
shot dead by a militiaman
Earlier today PRAAG reported on its Afrikaans website about a secret ANC youth
militia being trained at South African military bases and deployed in black
squatter camps. This afternoon it came to late that the murder last week on
13-year old Alyssa Botha was committed by a member of the secret militia, known
as the “Task Desk”.
During the investigation
about a second shooting on neighbours of the Botha family in Muldersdrift
today, it came to light that the two subesequently arrested subjects had been
involved in the murder on Alyssa. At least one of them was a member of the
“Task Desk”, trained at the Tempe military base in Bloemfontein. He was however
re-arrested as he had been released yesterday by the South African Police
Service, together with four others, as reported earlier in Five suspects released in Alyssa Botha (13) murder
case.
A source within the SAPS
confirmed to PRAAG that two of the five suspects released yesterday committed
the most recent attack on a neighbour of the Botha family that had been singled
out last week. Apparently the same weapons were used, therefore police did not
even bother to disarm the men.
The decision to release the
suspects in the Alyssa Botha murder case, was taken by a black female officer,
Lieutenant-Colonel Katlego Mogale. She claimed yesterday that police could find
“no evidence” linking the suspects to Alyssa’s murder, despite one of them
having a memory card belonging to one of the Botha girls on him.
The other three suspects
are Zimbabweans, leading to the suspicion that they would have fled across the
border by now.
The condition of the man
shot by them yesterday is still unknown. He was taken to the Chris Hani-Baragwanath
Hospital.
Up to 93% of all homes in
the Muldersdrift area have been attacked, probably as a result of militia
activity. Most of the attacks have a black-on-white profile.
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