A 26-year-old Protea Glen man has appeared in court after body parts were found in his fridge. The remains of an unknown victim were found by the suspect’s girlfriend at the weekend.
One of the neighbours was an off-duty police officer. They gathered outside the suspect’s flat, waiting for him to return home. Another neighbour, Joel Botlhoko opened the plastic bag, only to find a human arm. He says they were horrified by the discovery.
“As we came to this house, the suspect was coming from the spaza shop. His car was parked right here. He reversed and opened the gate. Oupa is a policeman, he advised him that he has information that you have human body parts in your flat, can we come in and see. As he was about to open the door, he was reluctant. Oupa said, can you open the fridge and he then was saying he doesn’t know anything. So I opened the plastic that’s when I saw, this is a human hand.
Meanwhile, the community remains concerned about the long period of time it took for help to arrive. Another neighbour Mpho Mokoaqa says, while they waited hours for police to arrive, the suspect stabbed himself.
“Our neighbour is a police officer. He couldn’t get through to the police station, he had to get someone high ranking. When the guys got here after 2.5 hours, they said they were phoned by someone else to come help. Number 2 – the ambulance was phoned but came 4 hours later which is a big problem. When we followed up, we found that this area only has 2 ambulances.
The suspect was later taken to hospital, where he remains under police guard. The community of Protea Glen has many unanswered questions: Who did the hand belong to? Who killed the person or persons? And what exactly was the motive?
Source: SABC
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