Overview
- Police say ballistic testing ties a firearm seized in a Polokwane arrest to the Saulsville shooting that killed 12 and wounded 13.
- The 32-year-old abandoned bail in the Polokwane unlawful possession case, which was postponed to 19 February 2026.
- He is scheduled to appear at the Atteridgeville Magistrate’s Court on 31 December on 12 counts of murder and 13 counts of attempted murder.
- The arrest followed a joint Gauteng–Limpopo operation that recovered an unlicensed gun and several rounds of ammunition.
- Two suspects remain at large, the detainee’s name is withheld pending an identity parade, and investigators continue building the case.