Police have arrested two men in connection with the torture and murder of two people at a Troyeville property in Wilhemina Street on January 29.
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The suspects were apprehended on February 1 after a community member alerted police of their whereabouts, some three days after two men were allegedly bound at the hands and feet with cable wire and reportedly tortured to death with a crowbar.
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They were arrested in Troyeville at about 11am and made a first appearance at the Joburg Magistrate’s Court on February 4.
The outcome of the court appearance was not immediately available from the police.
It is alleged that after the double murders were carried out, the two suspects, including a 30-year-old woman who has been implicated, dug a shallow grave inside the shack and dumped the victims in it.
All three suspects are facing murder charges.
“Officers responded to the scene after a third man, who managed to escape being tortured by the group, came into the police station at about 5pm to report that an incident had taken place in the early hours of the morning at a house on 27 Wilhemina Street, Troyeville,” said Jeppe SAPS spokesperson Capt Richard Munyayi.
“Officers were sent to the scene and with the help of the K9 Unit, uncovered the shallow grave that had a mattress placed over it. When officers first walked in, everything appeared normal until sniffer dogs reacted positively to the area of the shack where the mattress was.
“A dig up operation ensued and the two dead bodies belonging to two unknown men were exhumed. Police were unable to confirm if the victims had already been deceased once they were placed inside the makeshift grave.”
Munyayi said the murder weapon has not been found.
He said that during interrogation on the day of the alleged murders, it emerged that the woman [whose identity has been withheld] was romantically involved with one of the two men arrested.
“She was later charged with murder and has made a first appearance in the Joburg Magistrate’s Court.”
Munyayi said police have revealed that the victims were allegedly killed over a missing gun that had been given to them.
It is unknown what activities the group, including the two deceased, were involved in.
Police were unable to confirm if the victims had already been deceased once they were placed inside the makeshift grave.”
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