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Jouberton Police apprehended six suspects between the ages of 17 and 62 on Wednesday, 24 August 2022, in connection with the alleged murder of a 40-year-old man who was killed by members of the community at Extension 8, Jouberton, near Klerksdorp.
It is alleged that members of the community were accusing the victim of kidnapping and raping a nine-year-old girl at his residential place in Jouberton on Wednesday, 10 August 2022. According to information, a case of a missing person was reported at Jouberton Police Station on Tuesday, 9 August 2022. Â Consequently, community members mobilised and started to search for the missing girl on Wednesday morning, 10 August 2022.
Reports suggest that members of the community caught and assaulted the victim with stones, sjamboks and other objects. Â The police were summoned and on arrival at the scene, they rescued the man who was subsequently admitted to hospital where he later died. Allegedly, the members of the community then stabbed and damaged the tyres of the police Nissan bakkie and ultimately torched it.
A case of murder and malicious damage to property was opened. Three suspects between the ages of 22 and 24 were arrested on Friday, 19 August 2022, and charged with malicious damage to property. They made their first appearance at the Klerksdorp Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 22 August 2022. Six other suspects who were arrested on Wednesday, 24 August 2022 are expected to appear at the same court on Friday, 26 August 2022, for murder.
The Provincial Commissioner of North West, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena, congratulated Jouberton Detectives for making sure that the suspects are brought to book. He pleaded with the members of the community to refrain from taking law into their own hands, but to work with the police in the fight against crime in their communities.
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