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State loses as sole mass shooting survivor walks

Tsaone Reboeleng PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Tsaone Reboeleng PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Bullet wounds, 13 state witnesses, and three years later – the sole survivor of the infamous Phase 2 shootout that left 10 male suspects dead, Tsaone Reboeleng, has been acquitted and discharged. The Monitor's Sharon Mathala and Larona Makhaiza report on how the court found the State failed to link Reboeleng to the robbery that ended in bloodshed

Extension 2 Chief Magistrate Kamogelo Mmesi cited "flawed investigations" and "procedural irregularities" led to the State failing to secure a basis to prosecute the only survivor in the Phase 2 mass shooting that captivated the nation.

Mmesi added that the State fell short in proving beyond reasonable doubt that Tsaone Reboeleng had a case to answer.

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