Cele, 'leader of group wanted for tavern shootings', met at airport
Minister arranged meeting for group with SAPS
Police minister Bheki Cele last month met with Sarel “Lehlanya” Sello – one of the most wanted men by police in SA for the Soweto tavern shooting – but let him go.
Sello is the leader of Terene ya Khosi Mokata, a Lesotho group whose five members are wanted by SAPS for the murder of 16 people at Mdlalose's tavern in Soweto on July 10. The mass killings happened when a group of armed men, who were targeting another gang member, walked into the tavern and randomly shot at patrons, injuring seven other people...
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