Murder suspect hands himself to the Thembisa Police
The deceased was pronounced dead after succumbing to head injuries.
A 25-year-old woman from Enhlanzeni section was found dead on the street in a pool of blood on October 27.
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Tembisa South SAPS members were alerted to the crime when the suspect ran into the police station.
Constable Bridget Mavuso, the Tembisa South SAPS communication officer, said the suspect claimed that whenever he walked down the street in the neighbourhood then children would often make fun of him.
“He became enraged and smacked one of the children with an open hand. The child’s mother tried to defend her daughter and approached the suspect with a hammer in his hand.
It is believed that her intention was to assault the suspect. The suspect overpowered the mother and hit her with the hammer on the head causing fatal injuries.
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“When community members approached the suspect he sprinted to the police station. A docket was opened and the suspect was arrested on murder charges.
“All the role players were called to the scene and after a paramedic pronounced the victim dead, the body was transported to the Germiston mortuary,” said Mavuso.
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