After arresting four people this morning, police are on the hunt for a fifth suspect following the murder of an emergency responder earlier this month at a Brooklyn guesthouse.

Pretoria Rekord reports that police have confirmed the arrests were made in connection with the Brooklyn guesthouse murder of emergency worker Braam Kruger on April 2.

The suspects are expected to appear in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

The deceased was the operations executive at EqiGate, a healthcare technology company in Pretoria, and was previously the manager at Emer-G-Med, a private ambulance service.

Incident details

Local police spokesperson Captain Johan van Dyk said the incident began earlier that day when guesthouse staff received a call at approximately 15:30 from a man requesting accommodation for himself and his friends.

Van Dyk said that later on April 2, six men arrived at the guesthouse, where they booked three rooms and paid in cash. “The group appeared familiar with one another,” he said.

At around 20:00, five of the men reportedly left the premises in an Uber, claiming they were going to buy food.

Arrests and investigation

Van Dyk continued: “On Sunday, April 12, at approximately 04:15, members of SAPS successfully arrested four suspects linked to the murder of Braam Kruger at a guest house in Brooklyn.”

He added that preliminary investigations, supported by intelligence gathering and the analysis of available evidence, indicated that the suspects originate primarily from the KZN region.

“It was further established that the group travelled to Durban approximately three days after the incident,” he said.

A police team was subsequently formed and deployed to KZN to pursue the suspects.

“However, while en route, updated intelligence was received indicating that the suspects were returning to Gauteng,” Van Dyk said.

Van Dyk added that, acting on this information, police redeployed to the Protea Glen area, where a building previously associated with the suspects was identified.

“A co-ordinated and intelligence-driven operation was then executed at the identified address. Upon entry, members located four male suspects inside the residence. All four individuals were positively linked to the Brooklyn murder investigation and were arrested without incident,” he said.

Van Dyk confirmed that investigations are ongoing to locate and apprehend a fifth suspect believed to be involved in the matter.

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