Kwazulu Natal police have confirmed the arrest of a seventh suspect in connection with the murder of rapper, Kiernan 'AKA' Forbes and his friend, Tebello Motsoane in Durban last year.
"The 30-year-old suspect was arrested on Wednesday. Five suspects will appear in the Durban magistrate's court on Thursday," said provincial police spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Netshiunda.
The announcement of the additional arrest comes after a late-night media briefing on Tuesday where police said they had arrested six people for the murders, including two suspects in Swaziland, who are not in the country yet.
KZN police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said those arrested included the alleged shooters, spotters, and the coordinator of the hit.
He said the investigation established, among others, that one of the two alleged spotters arrested had tailed Forbes from the airport when he arrived in Durban.
The others supplied firearms and several cars which were seized between March last year and this year.
Two of the arrests were made in Swaziland but the suspects were not in the country yet.
Mkhwanazi said the police strategy was to investigate parallel cases that the identified suspects could be linked to, before announcing details of the arrests.
He said four of the suspects have been linked to several other cases that include murder and will appear in court on Thursday.
Forbes was gunned down outside a popular restaurant on Florida Road in Durban on 10 February 2023.
