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News24 reports that five suspects were arrested by the Hawks in the early hours of Wednesday in Logageng village in the North West for their alleged involvement in the murder of two Mareetsane police officers.
Hawks spokesperson Captain Tlangelani Rikhotso advised that on Monday at around 21:00, Constable Simon Ngakaemang Ntsekeletsa and Sergeant Mojalefa Horatius Molete were on patrol in a state vehicle when they came across a vehicle loaded with suspected stolen goats. They reported the matter said that they would soon be bringing the suspect's vehicle to the police station, but they never arrived and they could not be reached on their cellphones or the police radio. A manhunt for the police officers was launched. On Tuesday, police were alerted by community members of blood stains on the road leading to the police station. "When the scene was visited, a knife and a police badge belonging to one of the deceased was found and a second badge was found near Mareetsane Road. Further investigations led the team to a burnt state vehicle wherein the bodies of the deceased police officers were discovered," said Rikhotso. When the suspects were traced arrested they were allegedly found in possession of a 9mm pistol that had been taken from the slain police officers. A hammer, clothing with suspected blood stains and a vehicle were seized for further investigation. The suspects will appear on 30 July in the Ganyesa Magistrate's Court on charges of murder, malicious damage to property and possession of a stolen firearm.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Kaveel Singh at News24
- Lees ook, Vyf vas vir polisiemoorde, by Maroela Media
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