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[Opinion] No AK47 Cartridges Were Found at Swart Murder Scene: Ballistic Expert - SABC News - Breaking News, Special Reports, World, Business, Sport Coverage of All South African Current Events. Africa's News Leader.

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A ballistic expert who analysed cartridges in the Armand Swart murder case in Vereeniging in 2024 has told the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that no AK47 cartridges were found at the location.    This is despite preliminary evidence suggesting that an AK-47 assault rifle was used to gun down Swart outside his work premises.    Captain Laurance Makgotloe, a Senior Forensic Analyst in the Automated Ballistics Identification System, started testif…
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SABC News broke the news in on Monday, February 2, 2026.
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