{"id":914074,"date":"2022-01-06T20:48:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T20:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/06\/four-suspects-held-for-murder-in-rooifontein-free-state\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T20:48:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T20:48:32","slug":"four-suspects-held-for-murder-in-rooifontein-free-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/06\/four-suspects-held-for-murder-in-rooifontein-free-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Four suspects held for murder in Rooifontein, Free State"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rustenburg – A 35-year-old suspect was gunned down allegedly by four men driving a Ford Ranger in Rooifontein Trust near Thaba Nchu, Free State police said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Thabo Covane said the man’s 17-year-old brother was rushed to hospital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cOn Tuesday at about 20.30 the police at Selosesha police station received a complaint of a shooting incident that took place in Rooifontein Trust in Thaba Nchu. A patrol vehicle was dispatched and on arrival at the scene they were informed by the complainant that a group of males driving in a white Ford Ranger Single Cab opened fire and shot his two brothers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn ambulance also arrived at the scene and the paramedics examined the 35-year-old victim who was lying outside the store and declared him dead. The 17-year-old brother was rushed to hospital for treatment for a gunshot wound.”<\/p>\n

He said four men aged between 30 and 37 were arrested on Thursday in connection with the shooting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe scene was processed and four empty cartridges and a projectile were collected as evidence. The white Ford Ranger was also confiscated.\u201d<\/p>\n

The four were expected to appear in the Selosesha Magistrate’s Court on Friday.<\/p>\n

In a separate incident Lieutenant Colonel Thabo Covane said two people were arrested for possession of illicit drugs on Wednesday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe team first conducted a house clearance and search at a house in Ipopeng Township. They found three quarters and two halves of mandrax tablets in a transparent plastic bag hidden in a bedroom.”<\/p>\n

He said a 48-year-old man and the owner of the house were then arrested for possession of illicit drugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe operation continued and the team proceeded to a shack dwelling in Crawford, Rocklands. The place was searched and four full tablets, four quarters and two halves were found.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A 33-year-old male was arrested.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Rustenburg – A 35-year-old suspect was gunned down allegedly by four men driving a Ford Ranger in Rooifontein Trust near Thaba Nchu, Free State police said on Thursday. Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Thabo Covane said the man’s 17-year-old brother was rushed to hospital. \u201cOn Tuesday at about 20.30 the police at Selosesha police station received a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-914074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}