MS LOONAT
Thank you.  My instructions are that firearms for the cause, to counteract the incessant IFP attacks on my client's area and people was the sole purpose of the attack on that day.  Mrs Ferrero was killed on instructions by the leader on that day, Mr Mduduzi.  The murder was not a part of their plan from the outset, but in such situations panic and the ingraining of having to follow orders from comrades and people superior to you in the cause was what my client did when he killed Mrs Ferrero.  He had the choice, it was either to kill her or be killed.  What was his option?  He obtained firearms and pump guns and the purpose of the attack as I said was purely political but certainly innocent people getting injured, maimed, killed as it happened on that day.
	His remorse has been expressed.  The mens rea for murder has not been ascertained but to obtain firearms.  He been honest in answering his questions to the best of his ability and he volunteers to implicate his co-perpetrators as best as he can.  His intention today is for the truth and full disclosure and hopeful reconciliation and in the light of the above I ask that the Honourable Members of this Committee consider my client's application for amnesty.  Thank you.