As police continue to hunt for the killers of a young couple who were shot in their vehicle, allegations are that the perpetrators could have been illegal miners operating in the area.
This comes after it was alleged that the killers ran towards the direction of an abandoned mine after the attack.
A post on the Concerned Residents of the South Facebook page also suggested that the attackers were illegal miners (Zama-Zama’s).
The victims, a 19-year-old man and his 23-year-old girlfriend were shot and killed by unknown attackers on the Putfontein off-ramp on the N12 on Sunday.
It’s believed that the man had called his father to help him with diesel after running out of fuel and on arrival, the father found his son and girlfriend both dead.
Their bakkie was also set alight with their bodies inside after the attack.
Gauteng police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Lungelo Dlamini could not confirm if the suspects were ille
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