{
  "id": 15607046,
  "title": "AKA trial: Ballistics expert links Myeza firearm to cartridges found at murder scene",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/aka-trial-ballistics-expert-links-myeza-firearm-to-cartridges-found",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T13:25:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/sunday-tribune/news/2026-10-19-aka-trial-ballistics-expert-links-myeza-firearm-to-cartridges-found-at-murder-scene/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A ballistics expert testified in the Durban High Court that a firearm recovered from accused Siyanda Eddie Myeza, fired the cartridges found at the scene where rapper Kiernan 'AKA' Forbes and his friend Tebello 'Tibz' Motsoane were killed. Warrant Officer Ruwain Kader, from the Forensic Science Laboratory's ballistics section, compared cartridges from the Florida Road murder scene and found that two of the six recovered cartridges originated from the pistol found on Myeza during his arrest. Bullet fragments from AKA's body were also matched to the same weapon. Forbes and Motsoane were shot dead outside Wish Restaurant on Florida Road on February 10, 2023. Myeza is currently on trial for the double murder alongside five others.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Ballistics expert links firearm seized from accused to AKA murder scene on Florida Road",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/ballistics-expert-links-firearm-seized-from-accused-to-aka-murder",
        "published": "2026-10-19T12:52:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}