Last Tuesday, the Primrose SAPS arrested a 32-year-old man from the Delport informal settlement on a charge of attempted murder.<\/p>\n
The arrest was made after the victim reported the incident to officers at the Primrose Police Station.<\/p>
The victim explained that he had seen a man leaving his sister’s home with a chair and his T-shirt.<\/p>\n
He approached the man and asked him why he was taking the stuff.<\/p>
The man replied that the victim’s sister owed him money, and he had not been paid.<\/p>\n
The victim, who said he knew nothing about any money that was owed, asked the man to return his shirt.<\/p>\n
The man refused and went to his shack, where he got a knife and returned to wait outside the victim’s home.<\/p>\n
The man tried to stab the victim in the chest, but as the victim blocked the blade he was only stabbed in the hand.<\/p>\n
Officers responded to the report immediately and the suspect was arrested.<\/p>\n
“We appeal to the community not to take the law into their own hands; there are professionals who are specially trained to deal with this sort of situation,” said Const Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n
The suspect appeared in the Germiston Magistrates Court, where his case was postponed for a bail application.<\/p>\n