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Court to deliver bail judgment in case of SA soldiers accused of murder, kidnapping Ethiopian national

Date: Jul 11, 2025

A South African (SA) court is expected to deliver judgment today in the bail application of 12 SA National Defence Force Special Task Force members accused of the murder of Police Specialised Investigator, Frans Mathipa

Last week, both the defence and the state presented their closing arguments in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in the city of Johannesburg. The group is also charged with the alleged kidnapping of an Ethiopian national and alleged ISIS leader, Abdella Abadiga, and his bodyguard in December 2022.

Mathipa was reportedly investigating Abadiga’s disappearance when he was gunned down in August 2023.

--SABC--

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