Former policeman gets 6 life terms for KZN massacre
A former Gauteng-based policeman who used his service pistol to kill six people in Ezakheni, Ladysmith, has been sentenced to six life terms in jail, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Saturday.
Lungisani Arnold Mgaga, 30, was sentenced to an additional 50 years for five counts of attempted murder.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane said Mgaga was sentenced on Friday in the Pietermaritzburg High Court for the 2014 killings.
"On 11 October 2014 at 17:10, a Mercedes Benz vehicle with five occupants was travelling at Pieters Road when it was attacked by unknown suspects who opened fire, killing one person who was identified as Happy Hlomuka. Four other occupants were wounded and taken to hospital for treatment," said Zwane.
Less than an hour after Hlomuka, 30, was shot dead, another shooting was reported at a car wash in D Section, Ezakheni.