{"id":29950,"date":"2021-05-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?guid=3709fcb08aa85ed999e8da339d0b3af0"},"modified":"2021-05-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T00:00:00","slug":"police-divers-recover-body-from-water-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-divers-recover-body-from-water-canal\/","title":{"rendered":"Police divers recover body from water canal"},"content":{"rendered":"
A 30-year-old man has been taken into police custody for an alleged murder which occurred on a farm in Theunissen on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The body of a male victim, identified as Ditsebe Lesotho, was retrieved from a water canal by police divers after police were called to the crime scene.<\/p>\n
The body 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
Police also discovered that the male sustained an open wound on the head and a knife was stuck on his hip.<\/p>\n
It is believed a hammer was used as a murder weapon, which was found and confiscated by police at the scene where the body was dragged with a trolley.<\/p>\n
The suspect, whose acts were witnessed by a community member, was apprehended and handed over to the police.<\/p>\n
A case of murder was opened for further investigation, the 30-year-old suspect was arrested and will be charged for murder.<\/p>\n
He will appear at the Theunissen Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A 30-year-old man has been taken into police custody for an alleged murder which occurred on a farm in Theunissen on Sunday.The body of a male victim, identified as Ditsebe Lesotho, was retrieved from a water canal by police divers after police were ca…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n