Media Statement
South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner Eastern Cape

LUSIKISIKI - On Sunday, 07 May 2022 at 18:00 Police arrested two adult males, aged 27 and 29 years, at Mbotyi locality Mandebe A/A Lusikisiki after a 74-year-old man was murdered at his home.

According to the information, the deceased was with his wife and daughter at his residence, when he beat a dog to death. Thereafter, his two sons assaulted their father and he sustained head injuries. He was taken to St Elizabeth Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

The two suspects fled to Mzizangwa Location and were later arrested and charged. They appeared before Magistrate court yesterday, 09 May 2022 and the case was postponed.

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