Three suspects potentially involved in the botched hijacking that cost a German tourist his life on Monday have been arrested.
The persons of interest are currently in police custody, police ministry spokesperson Lirandzu Themba confirmed on Wednesday.
The tourist, Joerg Schnarr, was murdered on Numbi road, outside the Kruger National Park.
Police minister Bheki Cele and National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola are currently in Mpumalanga to visit the scene of the crime.
On Monday, 67-year-old Schnarr and three other people were travelling to Mdluli Safari Lodge when they were attacked by a group of criminals.
Mpumalanga police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said the suspects, travelling in a VW Caddy, are said to have instructed the tourists to open the doors to their Hyundai Staria, but when the driver locked the doors, he was shot in the upper body through the window.
“The driver reversed about 100m before crashing into a wall,” Mohlala said.
Schnarr succumbed to his injuries, while his wife and the couple they were travelling with survived.
