{"id":101268,"date":"2019-09-03T11:51:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T09:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=101268"},"modified":"2019-09-04T13:09:26","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T11:09:26","slug":"know-man-murder-victim-distinctive-tattoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/09\/03\/know-man-murder-victim-distinctive-tattoos\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you know this man? Murder victim has distinctive tattoos"},"content":{"rendered":"

His body had cuts and bruises however no visible blood was found on the scene, which suggests that he might have been murdered somewhere else before been dumped under the bridge.<\/p>\n

Middelburg Police spokesperson, Capt. Khanyisile Zwane, said a post-mortem has been conducted on him to determine the cause of his death and identity.<\/p>\n

Also read: Body found under bridge near Middelburg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The man has several tattoos on his body.<\/p>\n

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The man has a several tattoos on his body.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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He was near the N11 last Wednesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Residents who might know anyone with a number 26 tattooed on his left shoulder, is urged to contact the police on 013 249 1600 or the Crime Stop number 086 001 0111, the Crime Line SMS 32211 or go to your nearest police station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Police is requesting the help of the public in finding the family of the deceased man that was found naked under the Keerom Bridge on the Loskopdam road (N11) last Wednesday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":101266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Tiisetso Malunga","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[20471,8936,20472,10010,12898,1636,20474,20473,10333],"class_list":["post-101268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-body-found-under-bridge-near-middelburg","tag-do-you-know-this-man","tag-help-identify-dead-body","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-murder","tag-tattoos-may-help-identify-murder-victim","tag-tattoos-on-murder-victim","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["body found under bridge near middelburg","do you know this man?","help identify dead body","local news","middelburg news","murder","tattoos may help identify murder victim","tattoos on murder victim","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}