Two teenage boys, aged 15 and 16, have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Bolt taxi driver in Westenburg, Polokwane, on Monday.

The two suspects, accompanied by their parents, handed themselves over to police on Friday.

This follows the arrest of a 17-year-old suspect on Tuesday.

Bolt driver’s brutal murder

The three teenagers are accused of hijacking and murdering a Bolt taxi driver. The driver’s body was found in the Westenburg area on Monday.

Police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba alleged the driver was brutally murdered by the teenagers after they requested a ride from him.

Along the way they fatally stabbed the driver, burnt and dumped his body on a newly developed site near the Place of Safety Shelter in the Westenburg policing area, he said. He added that the deceased driver has been identified.

The driver’s hijacked car was found abandoned in the Ladine area in Polokwane.

‘Disturbing that children were involved’

Provincial police commissioner Lieutenant-General Thembi Hadebe accused the teenage suspects of ‘lacking moral fibre’.

“All of the arrested suspects in this horrendous crime were found to be minors, which is very disturbing… These youngsters exhibit an unbelievable lack of moral fibre by robbing the victims and murdering them so brutally,” said Hadebe.

The suspects are expected to appear in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court once they have completed diversion programmes with the probation officer and social workers.