A 30-year-old man is set to appear in the Theunissen magistrate's court on Tuesday after he was linked to a murder that allegedly occurred on a farm at the weekend.
Farm Murder Latest: Body pulled from watery grave
The latest farm murder victim was found with a knife in his hip when his body was pulled from a canal on a Free State farm.
Police have recovered the body of a farm worker, Ditsebe Lesotho, from a watery grave and arrested a suspect for the farm murder in Theunissen in the Freestate.
“The body of a male victim, identified as Ditsebe Lesotho, was retrieved from a water canal by police divers after police were summoned to the crime scene. The lifeless body of the deceased was found wrapped with a blanket and tied with wires to the trolley that was allegedly used to drag him from the house, the scene where he was killed,” Mbambo said.
Community member makes citizens arrest after witnessing horror murder
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A 30-year-old man from Theunissen in the Free State is in police custody following his arrest for the brutal murder of another man.
Police Spokesperson Colonel Thandi Mbambo says a community member witnessed the crime and made a citizen’s arrest before calling the police.
She says the body was retrieved from a water canal by police divers who were summoned to the scene.
The lifeless body of Ditsebe Lesotho was found wrapped in a blanket and tied with wires to a trolley that was used to drag him from the house where he was killed.
Free State SAPS divers retrieve farm attack victimâs body from watery grave
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DURBAN - Free State police have arrested a man over the death of a farmworker whose body was retrieved from a canal on Sunday morning.
Spokesperson Colonel Thandi Mbambo said police were called to the scene in Theunissen just before midday.
Mbambo said police divers pulled Ditsebe Lesothoâs body out of the canal. The lifeless body of the deceased was found wrapped with a blanket and tied with wires to the trolley that was allegedly used to drag him from the house, the scene where he was killed, Mbambo said.