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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 87414, member: 27"] A hidden eyewitness allegedly watched Cato Manor police officers plant a firearm on his brother's body after torturing and executing him in Umlazi. Ballistics expert drops damning testimony [LIST] [*]Lieutenant Colonel Chris Mangena testified before the Nkabinde Enquiry on 26 February about the Umlazi killing. [*]Mangena was brought to KwaZulu-Natal in 2012 specifically to review Cato Manor unit cases. [*]Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC led his evidence as the second witness for Advocate Andrew Chauke. [*]This enquiry is evaluating whether suspended DPP Chauke is fit to hold office. [/LIST] The Umlazi operation was horrifying [LIST] [*]Officers allegedly tortured the victim before shooting him at close range. [*]They then forced his finger onto a planted gun's trigger to fake primer residue. [*]The victim's brother was hiding in another room and witnessed the entire sequence. [*]His scream alerted the officers, but gathered crowds outside prevented further harm. [/LIST] Planted firearms were a recurring pattern [LIST] [*]Mangena reviewed 24 dockets and found that suspects were killed without returning fire in 23 of them. [*]Firearms kept appearing next to bodies in ways that contradicted ballistic evidence. [*]Bullet trajectories and gunshot residue consistently debunked the official police narratives. [*]At least one 2011 Thokoza case labeled a suicide also failed to match the physical evidence. [/LIST] Cato Manor unit's brutal reputation precedes it [LIST] [*]The Durban-based organized crime unit got disbanded over extrajudicial killing allegations. [*]Families and human rights groups have long called these operations planned executions. [*]Mangena's scene reconstructions use hard science to challenge officers' written accounts. [/LIST] Stakes are massive for justice and accountability [LIST] [*]The hidden brother's witness statement could trigger fresh criminal investigations against those officers. [*]Mangena's current whereabouts for that key statement remain unknown. [*]Affected KwaZulu-Natal communities are watching this enquiry closely for real answers. [*]Justice Nkabinde will issue fitness recommendations on Chauke after all evidence wraps up. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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