Senior Inspector Ts'ita said the four hijackers, two men, a woman and a teenager, allegedly forced a taxi driver to take them to Mpharane after earlier asking to be taken to Ha Moholisa. A struggle ensued during the attempted hijack in which one man was fatally stabbed with a knife.

The deceased is said to have been recently released from a South African jail for a car theft offence. He is reportedly also notorious along the Maputsoe border post as a bag snatcher.

Three people have been arrested in connection with the death.

30 May 2005