{"id":91635,"date":"2015-06-11T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/91635\/man-stabbed-in-the-hand-following-altercation\/"},"modified":"2015-06-11T08:42:12","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T06:42:12","slug":"man-stabbed-in-the-hand-following-altercation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/06\/11\/man-stabbed-in-the-hand-following-altercation\/","title":{"rendered":"Man stabbed in the hand following altercation"},"content":{"rendered":"

After recently being denied access to a tavern in the Marathon informal settlement, a 19-year-old man started an argument with some men outside.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo men argued with the accused as he had started to swear at the elderly man acting as a security guard at the tavern,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>

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\u201cThe men claimed they tried to calm the man, but he became angry and went to his shack where he grabbed a sharp object, which he used to stab one of the men in the hand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police were called to the scene and when they arrived the accused was seen chasing after the men.<\/p>

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\u201cIt is alleged that he intended to stab the men,\u201d Maome said.<\/p>\n

He was arrested and taken to the Primrose Police Station, where he was formally charged with attempted murder.<\/p>\n

The suspect has since appeared in the Germiston Magistrates Court, where his case was postponed for trial.<\/p>\n

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