Ballistics investigator links guns recovered in Flagstaff to Lusikisiki massacre
The firearms are believed to have also been used in the Lusikisiki mass murder case, where 18 people were shot and killed at Ngobozana village in September last year.
The six men accused of the Lusikisiki massacre returned to the Mthatha High Court sitting in Lusikisiki on 12 August 2025. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/EWN
DURBAN - A ballistics investigator has linked firearms recovered in Flagstaff in the Eastern Cape to the murder of a businessman from KwaBhaca in the Eastern Cape.
The firearms are believed to have also been used in the Lusikisiki mass murder case, where 18 people were shot and killed at Ngobozana Village in September last year.
The officer who cannot be named is giving evidence before the special Mthatha High Court sitting in Lusikisiki on Wednesday.
Wednesday's witness is a senior police officer attached to the ballistic forensic laboratory in Gqeberha.
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He is trained and skilled in bullet trajectory construction and tactics in firearm identification.
His main role was to probe the weapons found in Flagstaff while also looking into the exhibits recovered from crime scenes in Ngobozana village.
Having compared the spent cartridges, bullets and bullet jackets, he has linked one of the recovered firearms with the kwabhaca murder of a businessman and politician, shot and killed weeks before the Lusikisiki massacre.
He has also told the court that his investigation also shows that some of the cartridges found in Lusikisiki were fired from an unknown firearm.
The proceedings are ongoing, with the State leading more evidence from the colonel.