{"id":134729,"date":"2016-09-30T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T10:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/134729\/blind-woman-murdered-in-her-home\/"},"modified":"2016-09-30T18:12:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T16:12:40","slug":"blind-woman-murdered-in-her-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/09\/30\/blind-woman-murdered-in-her-home\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Blind woman murdered in her home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 76-year-old blind woman was found murdered in her home in Olivier Street, Elsburg, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Elsburg police rushed to the house after receiving a call from a neighbour at about 8.40pm, who informed them that he had seen three men coming out of the deceased\u2019s home.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cUpon arrival, the police found that the woman had been stabbed in her upper body with a sharp object,\u201d said Const Daphney Phooko, the communications officer for the Elsburg SAPS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe woman\u2019s guide dog was found in the house and is currently being looked after by the woman\u2019s daughter.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The police are unsure how the perpetrators gained entry into the house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspects took electrical appliances and ransacked the house,\u201d said Const Phooko.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo arrests have been made as yet. A case of murder has been opened and is being investigated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The police appeal to the community for information that could lead to the arrest of the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Anybody who has information can contact Sgt Sam Molopyane on 011 827-2060.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you might also be interested in reading:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/133988\/woman-murdered-for-her-handbag\/\">Woman murdered for her handbag<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/134638\/man-and-woman-arrested-for-assault\/\">Man and woman arrested for assault<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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='7700ed7bfff14d8cb4c58b21544b0c6c'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elsburg police urge the community to come forward with information regarding a murder that occurred in Elsburg, on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":63700,"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":[12494,12501,1318,1938,1106,979,969,1277,6782,1563,2749],"class_list":["post-134729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-stories","tag-elsburg","tag-elsburg-police","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-local-news-2","tag-local-stories","tag-murder","tag-puleng-sekabate"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["breaking news","breaking stories","elsburg","elsburg police","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","local news","Local stories","murder","Puleng Sekabate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134729","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=134729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}