Tonota businesswoman robbed at gunpoint
Lesedi Mkhutshwa | Tuesday October 4, 2022 06:00
Tonota Police Station commander, Oteng Ngada said the three men allegedly robbed the victim at her home wielding a gun and knives.
He said the trio made off with four cell phones, P2,000 cash and the complainant's Mazda 6 which was later abandoned along the A1 Highway near Francistown. He said the victim did not sustain any injuries.
Meanwhile, on a different matter, Sehithwa police have arrested a 28-year-old man from Kareng village for stabbing his girlfriend three times. Sehithwa Police Station commander, Nshaki Mabophiwa said the suspect was charged with unlawful wounding and will appear before court on Monday. Mabophiwa said the suspect and the girlfriend, aged 22, went out partying at a local bar.
The girlfriend then found a new love interest at the same bar leaving with him. He said that the suspect then heard about their whereabouts and followed them. “When he arrived at the new lover’s place, he attacked them and beat them up with a wooden knobkerrie.
The male partner ran away.” Mabophiwa said the suspect then stabbed the victim three times. The victim is still in critical condition and is hospitalised at Letsholathebe Memorial Hospital.