Three men have allegedly been arrested in Cape Town, Western Cape, on Sunday, March 16, in connection with the murder of the South African rapper AKA — real name Kiernan Jarryd Forbes.
According to IOL police made the breakthrough on Sunday after keeping an eye on the suspects during the course of the week.
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The publication reports that police had been keeping a very close eye on the suspects and this follows after the news of the slain rapper’s murder case being investigated in the past week came about.
It is said that a source close to the investigation, revealed that the suspects will be brought to Durban where they are expected to be charged as they are still in police custody in Cape Town.
When the Western Cape police spokesperson, Colonel André Traut was contacted for a comment, he referred questions about the arrest to the KwaZulu-Natal police.
“It is a KZN case, should we get any information, it will be sent to them. You should contact them for information,” he said. He would not confirm if the men were arrested in Cape Town.
KZN police spokesperson, Colonel Robert Netshiunda who had also been contacted would also not confirm the arrest.
“We have not received any update on the AKA case,” he said.
“DOGG” SPEAKS ON AKA’S MURDER
In a viral interview that aired on the eTV show called My Guest Tonight with Annika Larsen on Tuesday, March 21. The murdered musician’s bodyguard Anwar “Dogg” Khan opened up about what happened on the night of the shooting.
He went into detail on where he had been at the time, and stating he would have prevented AKA from going to Wish on Florida had he been present.
“90% of our work is the manner in which we move. It’s the planning, how you pre-plan, how you schedule your timing and placing of yourself and the person [you are protecting],” he told Larsen.
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Dogg also mentioned that part of their job is to restrict movement in order to reduce threats and in his absence protocol had been breached.
“In my absence, protocol was breached. Kiernan was called and invited to go to Florida Road (Wish) which he accepted and he went. Had I been there, that protocol would not have been breached, simply because that call would’ve came through the road manager,” Dogg said.