{"id":115773,"date":"2016-03-16T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/115773\/marathon-man-arrested-for-murder\/"},"modified":"2016-03-16T11:34:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T09:34:59","slug":"marathon-man-arrested-for-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/03\/16\/marathon-man-arrested-for-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Marathon man arrested for murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Primrose police and paramedics recently raced to the Marathon informal settlement after receiving reports that a man had been found in a pool of blood.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old victim was declared dead on the scene and police started a hunt for his attacker.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cInvestigations continued and on the same morning the suspect was cornered and arrested,\u201d said communications officer for the Primrose police, Sgt Styles Maome.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old man was held at the Primrose Police Station pending his appearance in court.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe thank the members of the community who played a role in the arrest of the suspect,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n<p>The man has since appeared in the Germiston Magistrates Court, where his case was postponed for a bail application.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/115598\/police-appeal-for-information-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Police appeal for information<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/115285\/woman-raped-with-baby-in-the-room\/\" target=\"_blank\">Woman raped with baby in the room\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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attempted hijacking<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/112598\/couple-tied-up-and-robbed-in-their-home\/\" target=\"_blank\">Couple tied up and robbed in their home<\/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='afbbc424fb45f9e9f012a1d648319bc3'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 29-year-old man was recently arrested for the murder of a man in the Marathon informal 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