{"id":47007,"date":"2023-01-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?guid=82523a563b35b4ad0a9b983ddc56aba9"},"modified":"2023-01-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T00:00:00","slug":"police-seeks-public-assistance-in-turflaagte-double-murder-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-seeks-public-assistance-in-turflaagte-double-murder-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Police seeks public assistance in Turflaagte double murder investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BLOEMFONTEIN &#8211; Earlier today, Monday 16 January 2023 at about 08:00 the police at Kopanong in the Mangaung Metro received a complaint of double murder at a house in Turflaagte Township.<\/p>\n<p>The patrol vehicle was dispatched to attend, and on arrival, the police discovered the lifeless bodies of two African males lying in different bedrooms of the four-room house. Both bodies had multiple stab wounds. The victims were identified as 20-year-old Moeketsi Van Breda and the 25-year-old Gosiame Makhanya.<\/p>\n<p>Any member of the public who might have information that can help the police solve the two murder cases or assist with the arrest of the suspects is requested to contact Captain Motlhanke at 082 466 7410 or 082 301 6382. Alternatively, the information can be submitted on the MySAPS App or by calling the SAPS Crime Stop number 08600 10111.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: South African Police Service (SAPS)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLOEMFONTEIN &#8211; Earlier today, Monday 16 January 2023 at about 08:00 the police at Kopanong in the Mangaung Metro received a complaint of double murder at a house in Turflaagte Township.The patrol vehicle was dispatched to attend, and on arrival, the po&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Police seeks public assistance in Turflaagte double murder investigation - Times South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-seeks-public-assistance-in-turflaagte-double-murder-investigation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police seeks public assistance in Turflaagte double murder investigation - 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