{"id":24616,"date":"2013-10-19T15:59:11","date_gmt":"2013-10-19T13:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2013\/10\/police-arrest-5th-suspect-in-diepsloot-murders\/"},"modified":"2013-10-19T15:59:11","modified_gmt":"2013-10-19T13:59:11","slug":"police-arrest-5th-suspect-in-diepsloot-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/police-arrest-5th-suspect-in-diepsloot-murders\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest 5th suspect in Diepsloot murders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"wpsr_floatbts_anchor\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The fifth man believed to be a prime suspect in the murder of two toddlers in Diepsloot has been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Police on Thursday released the man\u2019s identikit and offered a R100 000 reward for information that would lead to his arrest and successful prosecution. The man was arrested in Alexandra, Johannesburg, on Friday, after he had been on the run since the discovery of the toddlers\u2019 bodies on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>RT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sapsGPsrc=hash\">#sapsGP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23WANTEDsrc=hash\">#WANTED<\/a> Release of ID Kit of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Diepslootsrc=hash\">#Diepsloot<\/a> Suspected Murderer. R100K Reward. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ewjKoc64zY\">http:\/\/t.co\/ewjKoc64zY<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/NtScNtOVKK\">pic.twitter.com\/NtScNtOVKK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SA Police Service (@SAPoliceService) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SAPoliceService\/statuses\/390724033643180032\">October 17, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The toddlers, who were cousins aged two and three years, were found dead in a public toilet after they went missing on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has sent shockwaves throughout the country, with residents in Diepsloot venting their anger by taking to the streets in protest on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Gauteng police spokesperson Neville Malila says the four suspects arrested earlier this week will appear in the Pretoria Magistrate\u2019s Court today.\u00a0 They have been charged with two counts of murder, two counts of rape and one count of abduction.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile in a separate incident, police say the mother of the two toddlers, who were found dead in an old building near Zonkizizwe on the East Rand, is now facing murder charges.<\/p>\n<p>It was earlier suspected that the girls could have died of food poisoning, but police say the exact cause of death will be known once the post-mortem is conducted later today.<\/p>\n<p>The mother, who is currently in hospital, is under police guard. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/9cd62_pixy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"related_post_title\">Related  &#8230;&#8230;<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_post zem_rp\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/no-place-for-child-murderers-in-sa-zuma\/\" class=\"zem_rp_thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/08bef_Jacob_Zuma-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"No place for child murderers in SA \u2013 Zuma\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/no-place-for-child-murderers-in-sa-zuma\/\" class=\"zem_rp_title\">No place for child murderers in SA \u2013 Zuma<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/diepsloot-police-station-to-be-complete-in-august-2014\/\" class=\"zem_rp_thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/08bef_SAPS-Logo-150x150.gif\" alt=\"Diepsloot police station to be complete in August 2014\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/diepsloot-police-station-to-be-complete-in-august-2014\/\" class=\"zem_rp_title\">Diepsloot police station to be complete in August 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/mthethwa-slams-murder-of-diepsloot-toddlers\/\" class=\"zem_rp_thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/38063_Nkosinathi_Mthethwa--150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Mthethwa slams murder of Diepsloot toddlers\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/mthethwa-slams-murder-of-diepsloot-toddlers\/\" class=\"zem_rp_title\">Mthethwa slams murder of Diepsloot toddlers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/child-killers-will-not-go-unpunished-zuma\/\" class=\"zem_rp_thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/08bef_Jacob_Zuma-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Child killers will not go unpunished \u2013 Zuma\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/child-killers-will-not-go-unpunished-zuma\/\" class=\"zem_rp_title\">Child killers will not go unpunished \u2013 Zuma<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fifth man believed to be a prime suspect in the murder of two toddlers in Diepsloot has been arrested. Police on Thursday released the man\u2019s identikit and offered a R100 000 reward for information that would lead to his arrest and successful prosecution. The man was arrested in Alexandra, Johannesburg, on Friday, after he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3332],"tags":[30,3334],"class_list":{"0":"post-24616","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-johannesburg-south-africa","7":"tag-johannesburg-2","8":"tag-myjhb-co-za","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24616\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}