{"id":86377,"date":"2018-10-26T12:19:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T10:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=86377"},"modified":"2018-10-29T08:14:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T06:14:53","slug":"foreign-national-accused-brutal-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/10\/26\/foreign-national-accused-brutal-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign national accused of brutal murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amanuel Heramo, was arrested in Pretoria on Wednesday 17 October, after police followed up on information about his whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>Mhluzi erupted into chaos after the naked body of a 25 year-old woman was discovered earlier on the same day. She had a plastic bag pulled over her head and her naked body was covered with a blanket.<\/p>\n<p>Heramo\u2019s bail application was set to start today (26 October) but it had to be postponed again after the interpreter fell ill.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/86208\/video-foreign-national-accused-murdering-mhluzi-woman-appears-court\/\" target=\"_blank\">UPDATE: Foreign nationals escorted out of Mhluzi after murder\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The court could not rule on an application by the media to take photos of the accused in court, because the accused\u2019s legal council have failed to obtain proper instructions from his client without an interpreter present.<\/p>\n<p>The matter has been postponed until a later stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 During Heramo\u2019s first appearance last week, foreign owned shops in Mhluzi were looted and foreigners were ordered out of the town. 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