{"id":151938,"date":"2017-05-19T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/151938\/victim-identifies-attacker-before-being-rushed-to-hospital\/"},"modified":"2017-05-19T15:41:46","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T13:41:46","slug":"victim-identifies-attacker-before-being-rushed-to-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/05\/19\/victim-identifies-attacker-before-being-rushed-to-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Victim identifies attacker before being rushed to hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

While patrolling a recent Makause informal settlement, community imbizo officers from the Primrose Police Station were approached by two women.<\/p>\n

The women alleged that a 53-year-old man had attacked his neighbour with a wooden pick handle.<\/p>

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\u201cThe witnesses told officers that the man had hit the victim on the head and he had collapsed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey further alleged that the man had continued to beat the man while he lay on the ground,\u201d said communications officer for the Primrose police, Sgt Styles Maome.<\/p>

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Police rushed to the scene and found the victim lying on the ground struggling to breathe. An ambulance was summoned.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile waiting for the ambulance, the victim opened his eyes and was able to point out his attacker to the officers on scene,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n

The man was arrested, while the victim was rushed to the Bertha Gxowa Hospital.<\/p>\n

The suspect has since appeared in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court where his case was postponed for plea and trial.<\/p>\n

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