Mystery Surrounds Mining Magnate Murder
Johannesburg (South Africa):
Financial website Moneyweb reported on Wednesday that murdered mining magnate Brett Kebble was in the wrong place at the wrong time and said it appeared that his death was the result of a failed car hijacking, and not an assassination.
Earlier, the South African Press Association quoted business partner Andile Nkuhlu as saying Kebble had been the victim of a callous, premeditated crime."This was pure assassination. There is no doubt about it," Nkuhlu said. "I was at the scene. There was no attempt at a robbery. I saw it with my own eyes. The truth will come out about what happened to the life of this great South African."
But Moneyweb quoted "reliable sources" as saying two vagrants witnessed the murder in Melrose Street over the main Johannesburg-Pretoria highway.
Senior Superintendent Chris Wilken told the Mail & Guardian Online on Wednesday afternoon that there were no new developments in the case. Wilken said he could neither confirm nor deny that there had been eyewitnesses to the murder. He said a forensic team was still on the scene of the crime."A lot of people are making up stories about witnesses," he said. We don't know if he was led into an ambush or if he was followed."
Moneyweb said it appeared that the alleged hijackers had relied on a "classic" technique in which a man had laid down on the road to force the vehicle to a halt.The website said Kebble had apparently stopped his car, and then a second individual joined the man lying on the ground.Moneyweb said according to its information, the vagrants saw the two men approaching Kebble’s Mercedes, witnessed a scuffle and heard loud shouting.The website said the men had then started shooting through the side windows of the car.
One of the last people to see Kebble alive was his communications strategist, Dominic Ntsele. Ntsele arrived at Kebble's home at 7pm.The two men chatted and sang along to the Gershwin tune Summertime.Ntsele left Kebble at about 8.30pm.
28 Sept. 2005
Mail & Guardian Online
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International Herald Tribune, France
Johannesburg (South Africa):Financial website Moneyweb reported on Wednesday that murdered mining magnate Brett Kebble was in the wrong place at the wrong time and said it appeared that his death was the result of a failed car hijacking, and not an assassination.
Earlier, the South African Press Association quoted business partner Andile Nkuhlu as saying Kebble had been the victim of a callous, premeditated crime."This was pure assassination. There is no doubt about it," Nkuhlu said. "I was at the scene. There was no attempt at a robbery. I saw it with my own eyes. The truth will come out about what happened to the life of this great South African."
But Moneyweb quoted "reliable sources" as saying two vagrants witnessed the murder in Melrose Street over the main Johannesburg-Pretoria highway.
Senior Superintendent Chris Wilken told the Mail & Guardian Online on Wednesday afternoon that there were no new developments in the case. Wilken said he could neither confirm nor deny that there had been eyewitnesses to the murder. He said a forensic team was still on the scene of the crime."A lot of people are making up stories about witnesses," he said. We don't know if he was led into an ambush or if he was followed."
Moneyweb said it appeared that the alleged hijackers had relied on a "classic" technique in which a man had laid down on the road to force the vehicle to a halt.The website said Kebble had apparently stopped his car, and then a second individual joined the man lying on the ground.Moneyweb said according to its information, the vagrants saw the two men approaching Kebble’s Mercedes, witnessed a scuffle and heard loud shouting.The website said the men had then started shooting through the side windows of the car.
One of the last people to see Kebble alive was his communications strategist, Dominic Ntsele. Ntsele arrived at Kebble's home at 7pm.The two men chatted and sang along to the Gershwin tune Summertime.Ntsele left Kebble at about 8.30pm.
28 Sept. 2005
Mail & Guardian Online
More Links:
Times Online
International Herald Tribune, France
