Two more suspects have been arrested in connection with Hillary Gardee’s murder, and police are not ruling out more arrests.
This arrest brings the total to three so far. On Friday, a 39-year-old suspect was apprehended in Nkomazi. Gardee the daughter of the EFF’s former secretary-general Godrich Gardee, was laid to rest on Saturday in Mpumalanga’s Kwamagugu township.
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Passers-by discovered Gardee’s body in Sabie on Tuesday, four days after she was reported missing. According to Mpumalanga police spokesperson Donald Mdluli, the pair were apprehended in Nelspruit between Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
“Through the investigation, which is still proceeding, the information actually assisted a lot as the two suspects are believed to be the right ones.”
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Meanwhile, the EFF said in a statement that the arrests fulfilled the police’s promise to make concrete progress in finding the perpetrators in a short period of time.
On Monday, the suspects will appear in the Nelspruit Magistrates Court.