A female warder at the Goedemoed prison was stabbed to death when she and another female warder were held hostage for nearly three hours by an inmate on Friday afternoon, police confirmed.
Police said that according to available information, the prisoner, who was busy with cleaning duties, forced both women into an office and locked himself inside with them at around 3.30pm on Friday afternoon.
“When the response teams comprising of correctional service officials and Tactical Response Team members entered the office they discovered the body of a 35-year-old warder full of blood due to stab wounds sustained while held hostage,” police said. “The prisoner was rearrested and taken into custody. He will be charged with murder, and other charges might be added based on the outcomes of interviews with the surviving warder and the results of a post-mortem,” police said.
The incident was also confirmed by the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services and the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union .
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