Gangsters have claimed Phase IV

Friday, September 07, 2012

In the wake of the murder of a nurse in the notorious neighbourhood of Phase IV in Gaborone last week, police have revealed that they record at least one armed robbery a day there

Gaborone's Phase IV neighbourhood has become the workplace for men who are decidedly against Section 292 of the Penal Code of Botswana for their living.

The neighbourhood has established a reputation for armed robberies, street robberies and invasive crimes, but the murder on Wednesday last week of Rejoice Kaketso, a nurse walking home after saving lives in the course of her duties earlier in the day, gave the notorious quarter in Gaborone West a whole new profile.

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