A 52-year-old man accused of killing seven family members at Jimmy Jones outside Malamulele in Limpopo is expected to make a bail application in the local Magistrate’s Court.
The accused, Enoch Ndou, allegedly shot and killed four children and three adults on Christmas Day last year.
Police suspect a dispute over a family house as the possible motive for the killing.
Police further say the accused was reportedly at odds with his elder brother’s sons over a house left by his late father.
The Christmas Day killing has shocked many people in the country, as reported below:
Charges
According to police, the Christmas shooting happened just after midnight and the suspect later handed himself to the police in Thohoyandou. Ndou is facing seven counts of murder.
Among his victims were one-year-old child Wanga Ndou, Ronewa Ndou aged four, eight-year-old Dakalo Ndou and Winnus Ndou aged 12.
The accused’s late brother’s sons, Mpho and Ndivhuwo, Ndivhuwo’s pregnant wife, Portia Mabasa, were also among those killed.
Several community members attended his first court appearance in the Malamulele Magistrate’s Court on December 28 last year.
Report on Ndou’s first court appearance:
-Additional reporting by Katlego Nyoni
