Police investigate �suspicious death� of a woman

Pini Bothoko | Thursday July 7, 2016 16:08

According to Kutlwano police station commander, Superintendent Neo Serumola, they received a report around six in the morning from a passerby who saw a woman lying unconscious in the bush.

“We rushed to the scene and took the injured woman to Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital (NRH), but after a few hours we received a report that the victim had lost her life,” said Serumola stating that it appeared as if the woman was beaten because she sustained serious head injuries.

He said the deceased was a resident of Somerset West, but they are not yet in a position to reveal her identity before her next of kin are formally informed.

The police still have no leads to arrest the suspect(s) who could have caused the injuries that led to the woman’s death, said Serumola.

He said the deceased’s body is still at NRH awaiting post-mortem to establish what could have caused her death.

Serumola said even though they are not yet sure if it is a murder case or not, this is the second killing to happen in his policing area this year.

He said usually people who are in love relationships resort to killing the other before committing suicide, advising couples to always seek help when they have misunderstandings.

“We have been pleading with people, especially couples to talk or involve social workers, the police, dikgosi, pastors or elders when having love problems and not take the law into their own hands.

It is of concern that despite these efforts people continue to commit murder and suicide,” said Serumola adding that their efforts seem to be falling on deaf ears.

Meanwhile, Serumola expressed concern over the growing trend of house breaking and burglary cases that seem to be prevalent over other crimes in his policing area.

He said the thieves mostly steal electronic equipment like television sets, radios, laptops and expensive cellphones.

Serumola pleaded with members of the public to tighten security at their homes.

“Some people are in the habit of staying next to each other for a very long time without knowing each other. 

This makes their neighbours unhelpful even when criminals wreak havoc in their homes,” said Serumola pleading with neighbours to know each other as the Setswana custom dictates.

He also urged people to join neighbourhood crime prevention committees in an endeavour to prevent criminal activities.