24 Jan 2018

The Police in Kgatleng have recorded five death incidents over the weekend.

Speaking to BOPA in an interview, Assistant Superintendent Wazha Zambezi said they recorded one fatal accident, three deaths and one suicide incident from the death cases brought before them.

He said in the early hours of Saturday, they received a call that a young man aged 25 years of Matamura ward in Mochudi had been hit by a train in Rasesa.

Assistant Superintendent Zambezi said they also received a call the same day that a woman aged 27 years had been found lying in a pool of blood at her house at Linchwe Primary School in Mochudi, whom they suspected could have been killed by the young man who was found hit by a train at Rasesa.

He said investigations on the case were still ongoing and still early to tell what really transpired between the two.

Still on Saturday, the police chief said they recorded a fatal accident along Boseja- Sikwane road in which a car with two passengers and a driver overturned leading to the death of one male passenger who was certified dead at the hospital.

Assistant Superintendent Zambezi said they were called to Boseja along Notwane River road where a the body of a 17 year old boy was found in the early hours on Sunday morning by a passerby.

He said they suspect that the boy had been killed and left by the roadside but were still waiting for the postmortem report to show what could have led to the death of the young man.

The police chief said they were worried about the number of deaths in the area and advised the public to find amicable ways of solving problems they were faced with instead of resorting to murder.

He said people should try to find better ways of resolving their differences. ENDS