Doctor killed, practice burnt
2009-06-20 07:46
Johannesburg - A Rosettenville doctor was stabbed to death at his practice before the establishment was set alight, Johannesburg police said on Friday.
Inspector Lorraine van Emmerick said Doctor Michael Sprenger, 55, was working late at his practice on Thursday night, when the incident happened.
"It is believed that he was stabbed by an unknown suspect or suspects, and then his practice was set alight with his body in it," she said.
"When the fire was noticed by nearby residents in the area, police and the fire brigade were called in.
"After extinguishing the fire, the doctor's badly burnt body was found inside."
The practice was owned by three other doctors, but they were not there at the time of the incident.
Investigations into his murder were continuing, Van Emmerick said.
- SAPA