By: Natasha Archary
KwaZulu-Natal police have slammed media reports that the gun used in the murder of Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes was recovered over the weekend.
This after EWN reported on Tuesday, 16 May that the unlicensed firearm was found in the possession of a man in his 20s in Umlazi, south of Durban.
The publication claimed that several sources close to the rapper’s murder investigation team confirmed that the firearm was a match.
As reported by the publication, the recovered firearm was reportedly sent for ballistic testing which came back positive as the weapon used to shoot AKA.
However, in a media statement, KZN police said the report was unfounded and detrimental to investigations.
“KZN police have once again noted with grave concern, persistent, yet unfounded allegations into the murder of renowned South African rapper, Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes and Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane.
Some media houses who clearly seem hell-bent to botch any police endeavours in finding the killers and bringing justice to the families of the victims, have started the day on Tuesday morning with unsubstantiated rumours and malicious allegations about the recovery of the so-called murder weapon.
This insensitive, unethical and inconsiderate reporting has a great potential of arming the persons of interest with ammunition to further complicate the police’s progress into the matter.
Moreover, allegations of this nature also puts the investigating team under undue pressure and endangers their lives.”
The KZN police department said they are making good progress into the investigation and the public would be informed when the time is right.
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