Over 16,000 suspects arrested in nationwide Operation Shanela [SOUND]

# Police arrested 16-thousand-380 suspects during a nationwide Operation Shanela in the past week alone. The suspects were apprehended for various criminal offences, including two-thousand-165 wanted suspects linked to violent crimes who were successfully traced and arrested across multiple provinces. Police spokesperson Vincent Mukhathi says that, in support of efforts to combat gender-based violence and femicide, 169 suspects were arrested for rape, 155 for murder and 140 for attempted murder: