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Media Statement
POLOKWANE – The Police in Musina have arrested a murder suspect aged 32, who allegedly stabbed and killed a 30-year-old man on Saturday, 16 March at around 23:30. According to the information received, Police were summoned to the scene at Lotto Khokho farm, after the victim aged 30 was stabbed with a sharp instrument. They reached the scene and found the victim with a stab wound at his upper body. Emergency Medical Services were also activated, and the victim was declared dead at the scene. The deceased’s identity is still withheld for investigations’ purpose. Preliminary investigations revealed that the deceased and the suspect were sharing a rented room, and they engaged in a fight after the suspect gave someone their maize meal without the victim’s consent. Police opened a case of murder and the suspect, who is a foreign national, was arrested after he handed himself to the Police. The suspect will appear before Musina Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 18 March 2024.
Further Police investigation is still ongoing.
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