Shamaria, Sandy, Kraidon and Allen Monswamy
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The three men arrested for allegedly kidnapping and killing a family of seven are expected to appear in the KwaDukuza Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
According to an initial police report, the accused were expected to appear in court on Friday.
Family members - Allen Monswamy, 52, his wife Sandy, 57, their children Kraidon, 26, and Shamaria, 20, as well as relatives Gonosagren Padayachee, 51, Mooniamma Padayachee, 78, and Mariama Happanah, 83 - were allegedly kidnapped from their home in Newtown, Newark, on Tuesday night.
They were thereafter taken to Melmoth and killed.
Following an intensive investigation by various law enforcement units, three suspects, aged 21, 26 and 28, were arrested on Wednesday afternoon.
In a statement from the Office of the Provincial Commissioner, it said that reports indicated a domestic helper, who worked for the victims, arrived at her place of work on Wednesday morning to find the house broken into, with seven people and a vehicle missing.
"Newark police were summoned to the scene and various police units were activated. Swift police investigations led them to Hlomendlini area where two suspects were arrested on Wednesday afternoon," it read.
According to the statement, one of the suspects was found in possession of a cellphone which belonged to one of the kidnapped victims
."Information directed police investigations to the Dendetu area in Sundumbili where the third suspect was arrested. He was found in possession of a firearm. A total of eleven 11 cellphones were found in possession of the suspects."
Police uncovered that one of the suspects worked for the victims.
The suspects also demanded banking details and Personal Identification Numbers (PIN) from three victims.
"After collecting the banking details, the suspects shot and killed three victims to death. The other four victims were brutally stabbed to death."
Police also discovered that on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, several bank transfers were made from the victims’ accounts.
"The suspects led the police to Melmoth on Wednesday where bodies of the seven victims were found."