{"id":147450,"date":"2017-03-23T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T10:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/147450\/firearm-linked-to-murder\/"},"modified":"2017-03-23T18:24:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T16:24:10","slug":"firearm-linked-to-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/03\/23\/firearm-linked-to-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Firearm linked to murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While patrolling in the Germiston CBD, Germiston SAPS members spotted a suspicious-looking man, last Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The police officers searched him and found that he was allegedly in possession of an unlicensed firearm that was suspected to be stolen.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The suspect, aged 24, was arrested and taken to the Germiston Police Station for questioning.<\/p>\n<p>The police\u2019s investigation revealed that the firearm was linked to a murder that occurred in Reiger Park, last Sunday (March 19).<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe 24-year-old told police that the firearm doesn\u2019t belong to him,\u201d said Capt George Raphulu, head of communications for the Germiston SAPS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said the suspect who was arrested in connection with the murder in Reiger Park asked him to sell it in order to get money for bail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The serial number on the firearm had been removed.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was detained at the Germiston Police Station pending his appearance in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/147004\/man-sustains-serious-injuries-in-robbery\/\">Man sustains serious injuries in robbery<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/147431\/community-must-report-altercations-where-empd-officers-are-involved\/\">Community must report altercations where EMPD officers are involved<\/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='68de521867c10fd6aeaa81ba29b5fa1f'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Germiston SAPS arrested a man allegedly found in possession of an unlicensed firearm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":147459,"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":[989,7741,2667,14032,1106,969,1536,1032,10448,1114,2749,14033],"class_list":["post-147450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-crime","tag-crime-stories","tag-firearm","tag-firearms","tag-gcn","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-germiston-magistrates-court","tag-germiston-saps","tag-gun","tag-guns","tag-puleng-sekabate","tag-stolen-firearms"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["crime","crime stories","Firearm","firearms","GCN","germiston city news","Germiston Magistrate's Court","germiston saps","gun","guns","Puleng Sekabate","stolen firearms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147450","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=147450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}