By Obakeng Maje

Mothibistad-Police have arrested two male suspects aged 30 and 33, at Kuruman in Camden village, for the murder and kidnapping of a foreign national business man. 

Last week Friday,the deceased was reported kidnapped, not knowing that his lifeless body will be found in a pit.

The police launched an investigation in the search of the businessman, subsequent to the report. 

“During the investigation the police followed the information, which led to the arrest of the suspects. The suspects were arrested on Saturday in Bushbuck village in Camden just outside Kuruman” lieutenant Olebogeng Tawana said.

After their arrest, they led the Mothibistad SAPS investigating team to a waterless pit, in the village of Bushbuck, in Camden where the body of the foreign business man was stuffed.

When the investigating team arrived at the crime scene, the body of the victim was retrieved. 

“The body was almost at a decomposing stage. The preliminary investigation reveals that the victim could have been strangulated, because socks was found tangled on his neck and his head covered with plastic bag” Tawana said. 

Police said he was pelted with stones after he was thrown into a pit, and covered with tree branches.

The suspects are due to appear before the Mothibistad Magistrate’s Court on Monday.-TDN

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