{"id":92234,"date":"2019-04-05T19:55:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T17:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=92234"},"modified":"2019-04-05T19:55:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T17:55:41","slug":"wanted-attempted-murder-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/04\/05\/wanted-attempted-murder-suspects\/","title":{"rendered":"WANTED: Attempted murder suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The duo is believed to be involved in the in the taxi industry, however, survived the attempt on their lives.<\/p>\n<p>In the first incident, it was reported that a 31 year old male from Eastdene was shot at on 4 April at about 21:00.<\/p>\n<p>Information given to the Police suggested that the man had just parked his car in front of the garage when e suddenly heard gunshots. he reportedly hid in a corner of the house until it was quiet.<\/p>\n<p>He later heard from from passers by that a white Toyota Quantum was seen in the vicinity. His vehicle and garage was riddled with bullet holes.<\/p>\n<p>In an unrelated incident, the Deputy Chairperson of the Mhluzi Taxi Industry was also shot at a day before.<\/p>\n<p>The man, in his fifties, is believed to have arrived at home and noticed a white Ford Ranger parked nearby. The occupant then shone light at him and proceeded to fire his weapon at the man.<\/p>\n<p>Police were summoned and an attempted murder case was opened for investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The South African Police Service urges anyone with information to come forward and assist in the apprehension of the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Also read:<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/88482\/parents-frustrated-lack-space-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\">Parents frustrated by a lack of space in Middelburg schools<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/88163\/traffic-officers-appear-court-corruption\/\" target=\"_blank\">Traffic officers to appear in court for corruption<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/88186\/trafficalert-two-dead-kranspoort-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\">#TrafficAlert: Two dead in Kranspoort accidents<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/88191\/video-two-perish-truck-jack-knifes\/\" target=\"_blank\">VIDEO: Two perish after truck jack-knifes<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Want breaking news on the go?<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Save our standby number (072 248 3855) and send us a WhatsApp message with the words \u201cAdd me\u201d to be added to our broadcast list.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Like us on\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiddelburgObserver\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, follow us on\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOBSERV\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mobserver\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to our\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs1fP1J8BpepNwIfk2qeVkQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/newsletter-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click on the link<\/a>\u00a0to subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter via email.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Have a news tip?<\/h3>\n<p>Contact our news room on our 24 hr standby number\u00a0072 248 3855, or send a mail to our editor\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:tobie@mobserver.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">tobie@mobserver.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the South African Police Service are looking for unidentified suspects who shot at two men in separate incidents in Middelburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":66989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Press Release","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[17495,10010,12898,17496,17493,17492,17494,10333],"class_list":["post-92234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-attmepted-murder-suspects-on-the-loose","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-police-searching-for-attempted-murder-suspects","tag-shooting-in-aerorand","tag-shooting-in-eastdene","tag-suspects-on-the-loose","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["attmepted murder suspects on the loose","local news","middelburg news","police searching for attempted murder suspects","shooting in aerorand","shooting in eastdene","suspects on the loose","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92234","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=92234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}