Jhb heist: Slain baby buried
2006-10-13 16:20
Johannesburg - The baby girl who was killed in a cash heist in central Johannesburg on Tuesday was buried at Avalon Cemetery in Soweto on Friday.
Nkhensani Mtileni's funeral service was attended by the family, members of the public, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and the ANC Women's League.
The infant was shot while on her mother's back during a wild shoot-out between Coin security guards who had just collected money from a Charlie Parkers store on the corner of Bree and Wanderers around noon and a gang of six to eight armed men.
Seven other people were shot and wounded in the shoot-out after which the gunmen escaped with a cash box
Police spokesperson Senior Superintendent Mary Martins-Engelbrecht said: "On Wednesday four suspects were arrested at Jeppe Hostel, and R20 000 was recovered from a house in Katlehong on the East Rand in the evening."
Six suspects still at large
One of the men arrested committed suicide at a petrol station in Greytown on Thursday.
The man grabbed a policeman's gun and shot himself. He and three police officers were going to KwaZulu-Natal as part of the investigation.
On Friday, three suspects appeared in the Johannesburg magistrate's court.
Fana Makhanya, 25, Laurent Alfanso, 44, and Boekizwe Ndlovu, 27, were charged with attempted murder, murder, armed robbery and possession of an unlicensed firearm.
Alfanso and Ndlovu did not apply for bail and Makhanya's bail hearing was set for October 24.
Six other suspects are still at large.
- SAPA