{"id":29936,"date":"2021-05-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?guid=18f3579179d2deba5927b7e5ec31a721"},"modified":"2021-05-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T00:00:00","slug":"police-arrest-a-man-after-divers-retrieve-a-body-from-a-water-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-arrest-a-man-after-divers-retrieve-a-body-from-a-water-canal\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest a man after divers retrieve a body from a water canal"},"content":{"rendered":"
THEUNISEN – A 30-year-old man has been taken into police custody for an alleged murder which occurred on a farm in Theunissen on Sunday, 30 May 2021 at about 11:50.<\/p>\n
The body of a male victim, identified as Ditsebe Lesotho, was retrieved from a water canal by police divers after police were summoned to the crime scene. The lifeless body of the deceased was found wrapped with a blanket and tied with wires to the trolley that was allegedly used to drag him from the house, the scene where he was killed.<\/p>\n
Upon closer inspection, police discovered that the male sustained an open wound on the head and a knife was stuck on his hip. A hammer, suspected to have been used as a murder weapon, was found and confiscated by police at the scene from where the body was dragged with a trolley.<\/p>\n
The suspect, whose acts were witnessed by one of the community members, was apprehended and handed over to the police. A case of murder was opened for further investigation.<\/p>\n
A 30-year-old suspect was arrested and will be charged for murder. He will appear at the Theunissen Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 01 June 2021.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THEUNISEN – A 30-year-old man has been taken into police custody for an alleged murder which occurred on a farm in Theunissen on Sunday, 30 May 2021 at about 11:50.The body of a male victim, identified as Ditsebe Lesotho, was retrieved from a water ca…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n