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Inkantolo ivumile ukuthi isithombe nezithombe ze-Google Maps ezithathwe nguGrove, zihlose ukuhlola ukuma kwezimoto kanye nokuhamba okuchazwe nguCele.<\/p>\n<p>Ngesikhathi efakaza, uCele utshele inkantolo ukuthi, \u201cNgokushesha lapho [imoto] iseduze nerobhothi yajika, yafika yapaka lapho kwakukhona khona iFerrari neGolf 7. Amadoda amabili ehla [aphuma] kuleyo moto akhipha i-AK-47, abona ukuthi ngibabonile futhi ngababona futhi [izibhamu zadubula ngakimi]\u2026 ngaphuthelwa yinhlamvu yokuqala.\u201d Ummeli wokuvikela ukungabaza ukungahambisani phakathi kwezitatimende zikaCele nalezi zithombe, futhi waphakamisa izinkinga mayelana nomsebenzi wakhe wamanje enkampanini ehlobene neSibanyoni, imininingwane uCele ayishiyile ebufakazini bangaphambilini.<\/p>\n<h4>Isikhathi kanye Nemiphumela Yecala<\/h4>\n<p>Leli cala elidumile ligxile ekuhlaselweni okusolwayo okuqondiswe kubantu embonini yamatekisi kanye nomkhakha wezokuzijabulisa, kanye nokuzama ukubulala uSibanyoni ngomhlaka-10 Agasti 2022 okwakha ukugxila okukhulu ebufakazini bomshushisi. Izinqubo kuze kube manje zibonise ukuhlolwa kobufakazi kanye nezinto ezisekelayo, kanti ukuphenywa kukaCele kulindeleke ukuthi kuhlale kubalulekile ekuhloleni ukwethembeka kwecala lombuso.<\/p>\n<p>Inkantolo igcizelele isidingo sokulandisa okucacile nokuvumelanayo njengoba icala liqhubeka. 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