{"id":125136,"date":"2016-06-17T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T06:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/125136\/misunderstanding-leads-to-attempted-murder\/"},"modified":"2016-06-17T16:36:14","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T14:36:14","slug":"misunderstanding-leads-to-attempted-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/06\/17\/misunderstanding-leads-to-attempted-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Misunderstanding leads to attempted murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 44-year-old man is currently recovering in hospital after he was shot and wounded by a relative.<\/p>\n<p>The recent incident took place in Rondebult and it is believed that the shooting occurred after a misunderstanding between the two.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe relative, who is the owner of the house, allegedly arrived in the early hours of the morning and knocked on the door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe man who stays in the house with his son and daughter, woke them up to welcome his relative who had travelled from the Eastern Cape,\u201d said Sgt Phora Nkuna, communications officer for the Alberton SAPS.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey talked about a number of issues with the house and the 44-year-old man then went to the bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he returned, his relative shot him in the chest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The shooter ran away after the incident and the Alberton SAPS are searching for him.<\/p>\n<p>A case of attempted murder has been opened.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/125083\/human-bones-found-in-zonkizizwe\/\" target=\"_blank\">Human bones found in Zonkizizwe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/125082\/police-investigate-rigel-street-attempted-murder-and-robbery\/\" target=\"_blank\">Police investigate Rigel Street attempted murder and robbery<\/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='28f0a0c2e509f3523f14ee18fdce10b0'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man was shot in the chest by his relative after a misunderstanding between them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":116373,"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":[3481,1783,989,979,969,2734,999,2473,998],"class_list":["post-125136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-alberton-police","tag-attempted-murder","tag-crime","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-melissa-hart","tag-police","tag-rondebult","tag-saps"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["alberton police","attempted murder","crime","germiston","germiston city news","melissa hart","police","rondebult","SAPS"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125136","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=125136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}