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Members of the South African Police Service.
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Two men were arrested after they allegedly stabbed a 34-year-old man and cut him with a bush knife before setting fire to his home in King Dinizulu municipality, Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal police say.
According to police, on Thursday the man’s relatives saw that the house was on fire and heard his screams.
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They managed to get him out of the burning house, but “he was pronounced dead at the scene,” said police spokesman Col. Thembeka Mbele.
Mbele said that after a murder and arson case was opened at the Eshowe police station, they managed to arrest two men.
“Police also recovered cell phones belonging to the deceased of one of the suspects on September 11, 2020.”
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The men, ages 26 and 31, will be charged with murder and arson. They are expected to appear in Eshowe Magistrates Court on Monday.
