A male nurse from Cape Town is due to appear in the Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court today on a charge of murder.
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This comes after the 40-year-old handed himself over to police on Sunday following the murder of a police captain in Khayelitsha on Saturday.
Provincial spokesperson for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks), Zinzi Hani, said the suspect handed himself over to Lingelethu police.
“It is believed that Lingelethu police received a complaint of a stabbing that occurred at Spine Road behind Lingelethu police station in Khayelitsha at about 9.40pm on January 21, 2023, where allegedly a Captain Siphumeza Lusasa, 37, attached to Muizenberg SAPS Support Services, was stabbed,” Hani said.
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According to the Hawk’s spokesperson, the slain police officer was involved in an argument when her boyfriend, the suspect, allegedly attacked and fatally stabbed him.
“It is reported that Captain Lusasa was on standby duty at the time of the incident.
“It is alleged that the officer was involved in an argument with a lady where the suspect, who is the boyfriend of the lady, attacked the officer and stabbed him multiple times.” Hani said, adding that a member of the public who was on the scene transported Lusasa to a hospital in Khayelitsha, where he was declared dead on arrival.
“The suspect allegedly fled the scene. He later handed himself over to the police.
“He will be making his first appearance at the Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, on a charge of murder,” she said.
The fatal stabbing comes shortly after the recent death of 26-year-old Constable Ashwin Pedro, who was shot in Grassy Park while on duty.
According to the police, Pedro and his partner were responding to reports of an armed suspect on Blackbird Avenue. Pedro was shot in his chest during an altercation.
The investigation into Pedro’s murder is also being led by the Hawks, while the Provincial Commissioner of the Western Cape Police, Lt Gen Thembisile Patekile, has strengthened operational policing in the area by deploying additional resources.
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