Pensioner strangled, suspect killed by mob

A 90-year-old woman was strangled in her house in Goromane, Hazyview, in Mpumalanga, Mpumalanga News reports.

According to police the deceased’s body was discovered by her 79-year-old brother who had left her sleeping in morning, while he went out to herd cattle.

Upon his return he called his sister, but when he received no response he went to look for her at the neighbours’ house.

The neighbour accompanied him back to the house where they were both shocked to find the body. They claimed to have found the woman strangled with a cloth, arms and legs bound with clothes.

The deceased’s brother alleged that a small money safe with cash was stolen from the house.

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Angry members of the public started searching for the suspects. In the process a 31-year-old man was caught and assaulted. He allegedly confessed that he and another 35-year-old man committed the murder.

It is alleged that he also led them to a nearby bush, where he gave them some of the money that he had hidden there.

Police rushed the man to hospital, where he died due to his injuries. Police rescued the other suspect from the residents; he was arrested and taken to hospital as well, where he is under police guard.

Lieutenant-General Mondli Zuma appealed the public to refrain from taking the law into their own hands.“This is not only against the law but poses a serious threat to your life and safety as well,” he stated.

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– Caxton News Service

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