Daily Sun (December 22 2014) - THE three thugs wanted a nice ride for Xmas.
So they hijacked a silver VW Polo . . .
BUT IT WAS THEIR TICKET TO HELL!
The thugs crashed the
Polo . . . and two of them died on the spot.
It happened in Chatsworth on Wednesday afternoon.
KZN police spokesman Major Thulani Zwane said Chatsworth cops responded to a hijacking complaint in the Crossmoor area, where a silver VW Polo vehicle was hijacked by three suspects.
"While on their way to the scene, the cops received information about another hijacking incident where the driver of a blue Hyundai was hijacked in Shallcross.
"The description of the car used by the suspects was given to the cops and it fitted the description of the car that was hijacked at Crossmoor by three men," said Zwane.
He told Daily Sun that cops soon found the hijacked VW Polo overturned. Two men inside were dead.
"It is suspected that they were involved in both hijackings and their car was involved in an accident.
"The blue Hyundai was later found in the St Wendolin's area and a 9mm pistol with its serial number filed off was recovered inside the car," said Zwane.
Zwane confirmed that a third suspect was still at large. KZN provincial commissioner, Lieutenant-General Mmamonnye Ngobeni, praised the Chatsworth cops for their quick response and the recovery of the firearm.
One of the dead men was later identified as Mpilo Qumbisa (33) of kwaDabeka.
His mum, Mavis Qumbisa, told Daily Sun that her son left home in the morning without telling anyone where he was going.
"I received a call at about 3pm telling me to rush to the scene where my son had been involved in an accident.
"When I got there I was told he had already been taken to the Pinetown government mortuary," said Mavis.
She said her son was a good man who survived on piece jobs and said she was not aware her son was involved in crime.
"Mpilo was a temporary worker at a Pinetown shoe factory.
"He was a good man who took care of me," said Mavis.
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