BY STAFF REPORTER
A 22-year-old man briefly appeared before Taung Magistrates Court after he was linked to a murder case.

Donald Matlhola was allegedly arrested by Taung police after they robbed and killed a Bangladesh businesman.
Dalim Ali (35) was robbed and stabbed to death by four suspects and undisclosed amount of money and his belongings were stolen.

Police acted swiftly and arrested three suspects last week and a tip-off from the community members.

The fourth suspect fled and was arrested at Honeydew in Johannesburg on Friday.

The case against Donald Matlhola, Tshepo Chake, Oratile Chake and Thebeetsile Sege will resume on Wednesday for bail application.

Police recovered items belonging to the deceased at the residential areas of the suspects.
Bangladesh Community Forum secretary, Hasan Alzahid (34) condemned the attack on foreign nationals.

“We do not feel any safe nowadays because of criminal activities launched against us. We condemn that in any possible way because what some of the residents doing is totally wrong and out of question,” Alzahid said.

Positive Youth Of Taung organisation chairperson, Phemelo Mohutsiwa said crime affect the economy of the area and community members need to stand up and fight.

“We living in the days where some of criminals now target unsuspecting victims. Taung has changed and that only spell danger. We need to stand up and help the police to root out scourge of crimes that we experiencing,” Mohutsiwa said.
Police investigations continue.

-TDN

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