Police are on the scene of a quadruple murder after four bodies were discovered in Constantia, Cape Town on Thursday, 25 May. Image: Pixabay
Key witness in murder case tied and brutally murdered
A key witness in a murder case was allegedly abducted and murdered. Days before he was killed, his family house was allegedly set on fire.
Police are on the scene of a quadruple murder after four bodies were discovered in Constantia, Cape Town on Thursday, 25 May. Image: Pixabay
A key witness in the murder case whereby a female was found killed next to IHC Church in Hluvukani was also found murdered in Utah Grazing Camp, Mhala in Mpumalanga.
The witness was reportedly killed on Sunday night, 13 August 2023 at about 21:30.
KEY WITNESS IN MURDER CASE KILLED
South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson in Mpumalanga, Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said it is alleged that the witness’s life was cut short by an unknown number of suspects who abducted him from Oakley, Calcutta.
Mohlala said police followed information which led them to Utah grazing camp where the lifeless body of the witness was found with hands, feet and neck tied with wires. His body was covered with bruises.
“The attack came shortly after the victim’s family house was set on fire by an angry mob and the victim’s vehicle burnt to ashes on Wednesday, 9 August 2023. The witness was requested to report at the nearest police station through media platforms for enquiry as police’s efforts to locate him were futile,” he said.
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Investigations to the witness’s whereabouts were conducted until a whistleblower alerted police about his abduction.
Mohlala said police immediately followed up on information which led them to Utah grazing camp where the witness was found tied up with wires, his body indicating that he was assaulted and already succumbed to the attack.
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Police in Mpumalanga have since warned community members not to take the law into their hands and report wanted people to the authorities as their actions hampered police investigation.
Mpumalanga Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela discouraged the lawlessness displayed by those involved in the murder of the witness and said their actions narrowed possibilities of getting those behind the murder of the female victim behind bars.
