UPDATE: Police arrest 4 more suspects in connection with Lusikisiki massacre

DURBAN - Four more suspects linked to the Lusikisiki massacre, where 18 people were shot and killed at Ngobozana village in the Eastern Cape, have been arrested.

On Tuesday night, the police published the pictures and names of the suspects, saying that they were linked to the massacre.

Hours later, an intelligence-driven operation led to three of the suspects being arrested in Port Shepstone in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The fourth suspect was arrested a little later.

KZN police spokesperson, Robert Netshiunda: "Police received a tip-off from a community member that the wanted suspects were hiding at a rented accommodation at Mkholombe informal settlement in Port Shepstone. A swift operation was put in motion and the three suspects, aged 22, 24 and 31 years old, were arrested."

He said that the police operation was continuing.

"The operation is ongoing with police searching for a firearm which the suspects allegedly used in the commission of the crime."