{"id":8928,"date":"2025-07-23T04:02:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T02:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.munghanalonenefm.co.za\/munghanalonenefm\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=8928"},"modified":"2025-07-28T20:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:43:13","slug":"dj-sumbody-murder-case-takes-a-shocking-turn-as-suspects-linked-to-multiple-killings","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.munghanalonenefm.co.za\/munghanalonenefm\/articles\/dj-sumbody-murder-case-takes-a-shocking-turn-as-suspects-linked-to-multiple-killings\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Sumbody Suspects Linked to Multiple Killings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Johannesburg 22 July 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police have confirmed that four suspects arrested in connection with the killing of the popular amapiano star are now linked to a wider web of violent crimes in Gauteng.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DJ Sumbody<\/strong>, whose real name was Oupa John Sefoka, was gunned down in a brutal drive-by shooting in Woodmead back in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, authorities say the men behind the murder may also be responsible for a series of targeted killings across Johannesburg and Pretoria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The case has been handed to a specialised organised crime unit, with new evidence pointing to links between the suspects and extortion gangs operating in the nightlife industry \u2014 where Sumbody ran his Ayepyep Lifestyle brand.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The trial is expected to continue next month.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for updates.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johannesburg 22 July 2025 Police have confirmed that four suspects arrested in connection with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8929,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"article":[],"class_list":["post-8928","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munghanalonenefm.co.za\/munghanalonenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/8928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munghanalonenefm.co.za\/munghanalonenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munghanalonenefm.co.za\/munghanalonenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.munghanalonenefm.co.za\/munghanalonenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.munghanalonenefm.co.za\/munghanalonenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.munghanalonenefm.co.za\/munghanalonenefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article?post=8928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}