The assassination of police investigator Charl Kinnear in Cape Town in 2020 was yet one more in a spate of murders related to the so-called 'guns to gangs' saga, in which state weapons are sold to South Africa's criminal underworld.
It began in 2007 when Colonel Christiaan Prinsloo and his cronies began selling thousands of decommissioned police weapons to gang lords.
Prinsloo's motive: to fund his son's university fees.
The sale of weapons to criminals, which the police service has tri.
| Motive | To fund his sons university fees |
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