Update: Police launch manhunt for a suspect who shot at five people, killing one

Media Statement
South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner KwaZulu-Natal

DURBAN – Police have arrested the suspect who shot five people, killing one and injured three, while the other escaped unharmed on Adelaide Tambo Road in Durban North over a week ago.

The suspect, 36-year-old Chong Cheng, a Chinese national, was arrested at the O.R Tambo International Airport as he attempted to flee the country on 1 May 2024.

After a brief first appearance at the Gauteng Regional Court, the suspect also appeared in the Durban Regional Court yesterday, 6 May 2024 facing one count of murder and four charges of attempted murder. He was remanded in custody and will be in the dock on 15 May 2024.

The investigation also uncovered that the suspect had earlier cut a safe open and stole two firearms at a residence on Campbell Drive in La Lucia.

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