{"id":92969,"date":"2015-06-30T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T08:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=92969"},"modified":"2015-06-30T10:18:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T08:18:00","slug":"early-morning-assault-leaves-man-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/06\/30\/early-morning-assault-leaves-man-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Early morning assault leaves man dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man died following an assault incident on Simon Street in Rustivia, Germiston in the early hours of this morning, June 30.<\/p>\n<p>Netcare 911 paramedics received the call for assistance at around 2.30am and upon arrival on scene found the lifeless body a 59-year-old man lying on the ground.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cParamedics immediately started with resuscitation and continued for almost two hours but sadly the man succumbed due to the extensive injuries sustained during the assault incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe man was declared dead on the scene,\u201d said Santi Steinmann, media liaison officer for Netcare 911.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The exact details surrounding the cause of the assault incident and preceding events are still unknown and will remain the subject of a police investigation.<\/p>\n<p>More information will follow as it becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other crime articles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/92912\/empd-raid-nets-illegal-cigarettes-worth-r21-000\/\" target=\"_blank\">EMPD raid nets illegal cigarettes worth R21 000<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/92701\/body-of-newborn-discovered-in-dustbin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Newborn baby found dead in shoebox<\/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='b9d938a1ce7b34f6857ce6b4227d8d89'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man dies after assault.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":92970,"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":[1397,989,979,969,2734,2111,6438,5197],"class_list":["post-92969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-assault","tag-crime","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-melissa-hart","tag-netcare-911","tag-paramedics","tag-rustivia"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["assault","crime","germiston","germiston city news","melissa hart","netcare 911","paramedics","rustivia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92969","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\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}