/ 11 February 1999

LOVERS’ LANE GANG NABBED

POLICE have arrested four members of a suspected murder gang which terrified Northern Province residents at a popular meeting place for amorous couples 20km south of Pietersburg. The lovers’ lane gang is believed to have shot and killed three men and a woman during their six-week reign of terror at Lebowakgomo. A second woman was gang-raped by five of the gang members and another woman managed to escape while they her partner was murdered. Pietersburg investigating officer Inspector Matjokotja Masenya said on Thursday that police are still searching for the one more gang member.