3 HELD FOR MURDER OF SUSPECTED DAGGA DEALER

SITEKI – Three men of KaShoba were arrested on Sunday, in connection with a murder of a 42-year-old man of Madonsa, suspected to be a dagga dealer.

The trio aged between 29 and 33 are currently in custody at the Siteki Police Station, where they have been assisting the investigating police officers from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) with information regarding the matter. According to the police report, the man died while undergoing treatment at the Good Shepherd Catholic Hospital (GSCH). The report further stated that the deceased was assaulted with kicks and blunt objects while at KaShoba area.

Arrested

The three suspects, two of whom are from Mahwalala in Mbabane and the other from KaShoba, were arrested and charged in connection with the murder of the deceased. The trio is expected to appear at the Siteki Magistrates Court today. According to a source, the three men were arrested on Sunday by police officers from the Manzini Police Station at Madonsa, who then handed them over to their counterparts in Siteki on the basis that the crime was committed within their jurisdiction. The source alleged that the trio went to Madonsa to fetch the man on board a sedan and allegedly bundled him into the back seat of the car. Upon their return from Manzini, the trio allegedly went to a forest within KaShoba that is situated next to a sports ground. Moreover, the source claimed that the trio assaulted the man with kicks and blunt objects like logs until he became unconscious.

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