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The primary investigator in the December kidnapping of accused Isis leader Abdella Abadiga from the Mall of Africa by South African military special forces has been assassinated.
On Sunday night, Lt-Col PN Mathipa was allegedly fired at while driving to gather information. At 8 p.m., he was traveling along the N1 toward Hammanskraal when he was shot.
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According to an incident record, Hammanskraal police got a report of a “single-vehicle accident” on the N1 heading north towards the Hammanskraal turn-off at 8 p.m.
When police arrived, they discovered that a white VW Polo with the registration JX63PC GP had rolled and the driver had died. Mathipa, an investigator with the Gauteng Hawks Crimes Against the State Unit, was later confirmed as the driver.
When police located a bullet exit wound on the left side of his face and an exit hole on the left side of the vehicle, they knew it wasn’t a traffic accident.
Mathipa was on duty to collect information on Abadiga’s alleged kidnapping, according to both the incident report and a family member of Abadiga who was told of the occurrence.
A statement would be published soon, according to Hawks national spokeswoman Col Philani Nkwalase. The team examines terrorism and extremism incidents in South Africa, including right-wing extremist groups and activities by the Islamic State (Isis) terrorist organization.
Among the incidents the squad was looking into was the kidnapping of Abadiga, an Ethiopian who was thought to be an Isis organizer in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Abadiga had sought asylum in South Africa but was arrested in the DRC in 2017 after he and several other foreign nationals with refugee status in South Africa allegedly attempted to travel to Goma, a city in the country’s war-torn east.
There, they were allegedly attempting to link up with the Alliance for Democratic Change (ADF), a terrorist group that has pledged allegiance to Isis and has carried out attacks in Uganda.
The primary investigator in the December kidnapping of accused Isis leader Abdella Abadiga from the Mall of Africa by South African military special forces has been assassinated.
On Sunday night, Lt-Col PN Mathipa was allegedly fired at while driving to gather information. At 8 p.m., he was traveling along the N1 toward Hammanskraal when he was shot.
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According to an incident record, Hammanskraal police got a report of a “single-vehicle accident” on the N1 heading north towards the Hammanskraal turn-off at 8 p.m.
When police arrived, they discovered that a white VW Polo with the registration JX63PC GP had rolled and the driver had died. Mathipa, an investigator with the Gauteng Hawks Crimes Against the State Unit, was later confirmed as the driver.
When police located a bullet exit wound on the left side of his face and an exit hole on the left side of the vehicle, they knew it wasn’t a traffic accident.
Mathipa was on duty to collect information on Abadiga’s alleged kidnapping, according to both the incident report and a family member of Abadiga who was told of the occurrence.
A statement would be published soon, according to Hawks national spokeswoman Col Philani Nkwalase. The team examines terrorism and extremism incidents in South Africa, including right-wing extremist groups and activities by the Islamic State (Isis) terrorist organization.
Among the incidents the squad was looking into was the kidnapping of Abadiga, an Ethiopian who was thought to be an Isis organizer in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Abadiga had sought asylum in South Africa but was arrested in the DRC in 2017 after he and several other foreign nationals with refugee status in South Africa allegedly attempted to travel to Goma, a city in the country’s war-torn east.
There, they were allegedly attempting to link up with the Alliance for Democratic Change (ADF), a terrorist group that has pledged allegiance to Isis and has carried out attacks in Uganda.