South African Police Services’ Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation – Hawks, will now be in charge of investigating magistrate Romay Van Rooyen’s killing.
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Minister of Police Bheki Cele, while visiting Van Rooyen’s residence in Marina Da Gama remarked that the police are taking the shooting seriously.
According to IOL “We have agreed that we will hand over this case to the Hawks so that it gets the profile and the attention it deserves.”
While the investigations have been ongoing, the circumstances around her shooting remain mysterious.
It is yet to be determined whether her killing was a break-in or it was linked to her work as a magistrate.
The post-mortem results of the 50-year-old are expected to be released today.
The minister will give more details on this enquiry as well as killings, extortion and kidnappings on the rise in the Western Cape.
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