Overview

• Rangers launched a tracking operation after finding human footprints and encountered two armed suspects around 20:00 on Thursday.
• One suspect allegedly aimed a rifle at the rangers, who fired in self-defense and wounded the 32-year-old.
• The injured man was found with a backpack containing two rhino horns and a knife, and a dropped rifle was recovered.
• He was arrested on charges including illegal hunting, trespassing, and possession of an unlicensed firearm, and will appear in the Masoyi Periodical Court once medically cleared.
• The second suspect escaped into nearby sugarcane fields, and police appealed for tips via Detective Constable Shegofatso Moreku, Crime Stop, or the MySAPS app.