{"id":109447,"date":"2016-01-07T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/109447\/eff-leader-reportedly-killed-in-marathon\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T09:20:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T07:20:33","slug":"eff-leader-reportedly-killed-in-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/01\/07\/eff-leader-reportedly-killed-in-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged EFF leader reportedly killed in Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Primrose police have confirmed that they are investigating a case of murder.<\/p>\n<p>The case was opened after it was alleged that an EFF leader was shot and killed in the Marathon informal settlement on New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Paramedics declared the 34-year-old man dead on the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is reported that two armed men entered the deceased\u2019s home and shot him three times, before fleeing the scene,\u201d said communications officer for the Primrose police, Sgt Styles Maome.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>No arrests have been made and the Primrose police are appealing to anyone with information to come forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe community can call the station on 011 842-0500. Alternately they can call 011 776-1600 or the crime line on 08600 10111,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/107091\/six-arrested-in-shebeen-raids\/\" target=\"_blank\">Six arrested in shebeen raids<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/107197\/woman-attacked-with-a-stick\/\" target=\"_blank\">Woman attacked with a stick<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/107089\/woman-arrested-on-attempted-murder-charge\/\" target=\"_blank\">Woman arrested on attempted murder charge<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='dac75770ead2678f669ccb8add17ad3b'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Primrose police have confirmed that a 34-year-old man was shot and killed in the Marathon informal settlement over the festive season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":109469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[8297,989,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,999,1000,1480,997,998],"class_list":["post-109447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-crime","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-police","tag-primrose","tag-primrose-police","tag-primrose-saps","tag-saps"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["community","crime","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","police","primrose","Primrose police","Primrose SAPS","SAPS"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}