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Suspect killed after stealing sugar and soap

He was accosted and assaulted with a pipe and he sustained fatal injuries:

Two men have been charged for murder after a man was fatally assaulted on Voortrekker Street on Sunday.

This was after the deceased allegedly stole a pack of sugar and liquid soap from a store in Scott Street.

The security guard chased the man who ran toward the taxi rank and back into Voortrekker Street.

He was accosted and assaulted with a pipe and he sustained fatal injuries.

Police are investigating a case of murder.


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