Man attacked, left for dead in Kagiso
Police have arrested a 38-year-old man who is believed to have bludgeoned a man and then left him for dead in the middle of the street.
Kagiso Police recently never gave up on their investigation of the people responsible for a brutal killing of a man in Extension 13. This never-ending attitude paid off when a 38-year-old man was arrested for the murder.
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According to Kagiso Police spokesperson Captain Solomon Sibiya, they received information about a man who passed away on arrival at the hospital in December last year. He said the man had sustained severe head injuries and was taken to hospital by paramedics after finding the victim lying next to the road in Extension 13.
Police opened a case of murder and started their investigation. They then learned from reliable sources that a 38-year-old man allegedly assaulted the man with a blunt object in the early hours of December 17 and then just left him in the street unconscious.
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“With more information and tip-offs from members of the community, the police were able to link the suspect to the crime, which eventually led to his successful arrest.”
Sibiya concluded the suspect had appeared in the Kagiso Magistrate’s Court and was remanded in custody for a formal bail application.
