Police are looking for three criminals after an elderly couple was kidnapped and the husband fatally shot.
Thakeng said: “They drove with them to an old petrol station in Saaiplaas Virginia. Nothing was done to the wife, but the husband was later found at a dumping site near the old garage.”
According to Thakeng, the man sustained three gunshot wounds to the head, chest and cheek, and his hands were still tied up when the body was found. “The bakkie belonging to Matjhabeng Municipality was found abandoned at Masimong shaft number 4 mine. Cellphones belonging to the couple were allegedly robbed”, Thakeng added.He confirmed that the husband was declared dead by EMS personnel at the scene and a case of house robbery, kidnapping and murder was registered for further investigation.
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