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Police will continue to prioritize cases related to crimes committed against women and children, Gauteng Police spokeswoman Captain Mavela Masondo said.
A man wanted in connection with the rape and murder of a 21-year-old Soweto woman has been arrested while en route to Lesotho.
The man, who cannot be identified because he has not yet appeared in court, was arrested on Monday as he was en route to Johannesburg from Tembisa, intending to cross into Lesotho, said police spokeswoman Captain Mavela Masondo.
After receiving a tip about the man’s possible whereabouts, a police task force found him at the Ivory Park taxi rank where he was arrested, Masondo added.
“The suspect has been on the run since the discovery of a woman’s naked body in an open field at Protea Glen Extension 31 in the early hours of December 7. He was the last person to be seen with the deceased,” the spokesperson said. said.
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When the woman’s body was found, she had a cloth around her neck and it was suspected that the cloth was used to strangle her.
On December 15, the Protea Court of First Instance issued an arrest warrant for the man.
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He is expected to appear in court soon on charges of rape and murder.
Masondo said that the police will continue to prioritize cases involving crimes committed against women and children and will ensure that the perpetrators are hunted down and arrested.
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