The Primrose police were called to the Makause informal settlement last Saturday.<\/p>\n
When they arrived they found a man lying on the ground with a deep cut in his upper body.<\/p>
Paramedics were immediately summoned to the scene, where they declared the victim dead.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile still on the scene, officers were approached by a community member who claimed she had information about the murder,\u201d explained Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>
\u201cShe explained that she knew the accused and that he had come to her shack and told her he\u2019d just killed someone before running away.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen she followed him out of the shack she found the victim lying on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n
Using the information given by the witness police were able to arrest a 42-year-old man in connection with the murder.<\/p>\n
He was taken to the Primrose Police Station.<\/p>\n
The accused has since appeared in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court where his case was postponed for a bail application.<\/p>\n
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