{"id":91595,"date":"2019-03-25T11:51:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T09:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=91595"},"modified":"2019-03-26T10:13:49","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T08:13:49","slug":"naked-man-spotted-n4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/03\/25\/naked-man-spotted-n4\/","title":{"rendered":"Naked man spotted on the N4"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to eyewitnesses, six police officers could not apprehend the man.<\/p>\n

Alzu Petroport, security guards told\u00a0www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>\u00a0that the man arrived at the stop-over naked on Monday morning, he was walking in the middle of the N4.<\/p>\n

After minutes of refusing assistance from the police officers, the situation was calmed when the security officers convinced him to travel with the police.
\nHe was transported to a hospital for medical observation.<\/p>\n

The man told officers that he was from Mbombela, it is not clear how he arrived in Middelburg.<\/p>\n

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He was spotted walking in the middle of the N4, naked.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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