National commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola has confirmed that one of the suspects police are hunting for in connection with the mass shooting at the Saulsville hostel west of Pretoria on Saturday is a parolee who was released in September.
Briefing the community and media outside the hostel on Monday, Masemola said the parolee who was in prison for various crimes including attempted murder and extortion, is known and related to some of the victims.
Masemola also said police have charged the owner of the illegal shebeen that was run in the hostel room where the attack took place. The attack claimed 12 lives and left 13 people injured.
