South Africans were rocked by the death of rapper AKA on Florida road, Durban on Friday night. The star, real name Kiernan Jarryd Forbes was shot to death alongside his friend, chef and entrepreneur Tebello Tibz Motsoane.

 

 

 

 

Shocked fans, celebrities and other social media users then made thousands of posts with the hashtags AKA and RIPAKA all trending on Twitter. Many expressed grief and shock at the passing with many sharing pictures and videos of AKA.

Pictures and videos of the scene then found their way on the internet with many horrified to see the cold blooded nature of AKA’s death. The videos how the star, happy and jovial on the pavement was killed without ever expecting it. The videos also showed how the assailants fled into the night.

The execution style of the videos led many to believe that the murder was an assassination and many theories were made as to the identity of the killers and many wondered who might have wanted AKA dead. Some theories even wondered whether his friends had something to do with his death.

Police have released a new update on AKA’s murder with the Kwazulu Natal commisioner, Leutenant general Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi talking to Newzroom Afrika.

“From the evidence we have collected we have no doubt that AKA’s murder was an assassination. From what we have seen as the police, two criminals walk across the street. One criminal crosses the road first and stands by the side. The other walked behind a car and then shot AKA behind his ear. He shot only AKA, he did not shoot the friend that was with AKA. He shot AKA twice and ran away.

The first criminal who had sat by the side earlier then fired a couple of shots. Unfortunately, one of the man’s bullets struck AKA’s friend and he also succumbed to his injuries. We know that the aim of the first criminal was to kill AKA while the second criminal could have killed anyone because he fired multiple shots. Anyone who was in the way could have died.

Mkhwanazi revealed that the police have not arrested anyone as of yet. He says the release of CCTV footage on social media provide a risk to the investigation. He also added that they are trying to piece everything together and they are sure that AKA had an enemy behind him. He said that police are aware of an incident that happened in Cape Town that might have angered people. He says that their investigation will include all the people at the scene. He added that when the people of KZN are angry they resort to shooting each other.