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Bloodstains at the security gate at the Thohoyandou Place of Safety, where the man is thought to have sought help. 

Murder near the Place of of Safety

 

The crime-infested Thohoyandou township suffered yet another act of criminality when a man was found murdered on Tuesday morning.

The man, believed to be in his late twenties, was found by early morning passersby on their way to work in Thohoyandou.

The bloodied body, with open wounds on the left side, was found near the Thohoyandou Place of Safety. It is suspected that he was killed around 04:00 on Tuesday morning. It was not immediately clear whether the man had been shot or stabbed, but there was blood everywhere, from the Maniini robots and back to the gate at the Place of Safety.

It is suspected that the man tried in vain to get help, until he collapsed and bled to death not far from the security gate next to the Thohoyandou Place of Safety.

The murder occurred after a house robbery at one of the homes occupied by Indians in Block G. People suspect that the man might have been killed by his partners in crime, probably over the loot they took from the family.

People who live nearby allege that they heard a gunshot at around 03:00.

One lane of the road leading to Thohoyandou had to be closed while forensic investigators combed the area for clues. Many people gathered as news of the bloodied body spread all over the township. A woman called Ndivho, who lives nearby in Block G, said crime had become a major headache in the township. “We live in constant fear in this area. We only hear of robberies, housebreakings and other crimes. My room was broken into not long ago and my bag with money and other valuables was stolen."

Thohoyandou police spokesperson Major Mashudu Malelo confirmed the incident, but could not be drawn into linking the murder with the robbery that had taken place in the same area the same day. “A man, aged around 28, was found with wounds but his identity is not known. We have opened a murder docket,” he said.

Forensic pathologists carry the body to a government mortuary van.

The road leading to Thohoyandou was sealed off as forensic staff combed the scene of the murder.

 

Date:19 September 2014

By: Elmon Tshikhudo

Elmon Tshikhudo started off as a photographer. He developed an interest in writing and started submitting articles to local as well as national publications. He became part of the Limpopo Mirror family in 2005 and was a permanent part of the news team until 2019.

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