Police
in Graaff-Reinet have arrested a teenager for murder after he fatally stabbed
Jandre Ward (30) in Bree Street, Graaff-Reinet yesterday, October 28.
According
to police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli, on Friday morning around
08:40, police were summoned to a complaint of murder at a house in Bree
Street.
“At
the scene, police found Ward’s lifeless body with a stab wound in the upper
body,” said Nkohli.
He
further said preliminary investigation led to the arrest of an 18-year-old
suspect and the recovery of the murder weapon.
Nkholi
said the suspect is due to appear in the Graaff-Reinet Magistrate’s Court on
Monday, October 31, on a charge of murder.
