PRETORIA – A case of murder and attempted murder has been opened over the killing of Zimbabwean embassy official Lucky Hakueri at the weekend, according to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).
It was reported in The Star newspaper on Monday that Hakueri was shot dead in his car in Pretoria, allegedly after a police officer mistook him for a hijacker.
While authorities and the Zimbabwean embassy both said the embassy could not provide much information, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate said on Monday that investigations into the incident had begun.
The directorate’s national spokesman, Moses Dlamini, said on Monday that the investigation was in its early stages and the postmortem was to be conducted on Monday.
“All I can say is we are investigating and the investigation is in its early stages and there are no arrests. We have opened a case of murder and attempted murder,” Mr Dlamini said.
While Tamuka Muranga of the Zimbabwean embassy would not be drawn to comment on the matter on Monday, a staff member at the embassy told BDlive that elders in Hakueri’s family had been notified of his death and would make their way from Zimbabwe.
The embassy of Zimbabwe in South Africa was still in the process of finalising the facts with police, the staff member said. Business Day
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