Two young men murdered in Khutsong

Four suspects have been arrested after a murder case was opened in Khutsong on 12 August. The complainant alleges that he was busy with sector policing around Khutsong when the emergency services alerted him to an assault in Ext. 3. The victim had reportedly been transported from the scene in a private car and had been handed over to them for medical attention. While attending to the patient, they discovered that he had suffered multiple stab wounds to his body and that he had already succumbed to his injuries. The complainant then went to the ambulance, which was parked in the clinic parking lot and found the deceased with two stab wounds in his back and another two stab in his chest. The deceased was identified as Mosa Jabu Dlamini who lived at No. 6461 in Ext. 3 in Khutsong. His brother, Sanele Dlamini from No. 6191, also in Ext. 3, says the incident occurred at Isaac’s Tavern in Ext.3. The suspect and the motive for the killing was unknown, he said. The Khutsong SAPS was informed of another murder in Chris Hani Section in Ext. 3 at about 11:00 on 13 August. Upon their arrival at shack No. 766 near the taxi rank, they found the body of a 19-year-old male covered in blood. He had sustained a deep wound to his head. The incident is believed to be linked to gang fighting. The brother of the victim later identified him as Sinethemba Bhehela of shack No. 503 in Chris Hani Section. No arrests have been made as yet.