Double murder fugitive handed over to Mpumalanga police

A fugitive linked to the murders of two of his partners has been handed over to Mpumalanga police.

It follows his arrest by Durban Central Police, who tracked him down at a lodge in the city.

The 40-year-old suspect was on the run for nearly two years after allegedly killing the mother of his children in Mpumalanga in 2023.

KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, Robert Netshiunda, says the man allegedly murdered another woman while evading arrest.

“Police detectives from Durban Central Police Station have arrested a 40-year-old suspect who has been on the run since February 2023 after he allegedly killed a woman who was the mother of his children at Volksrust in the Mpumalanga province. The suspect reportedly fled to Eswatini, where he allegedly also killed another woman whom he was in a romantic relationship with." Netshiunda said.