Man murdered in Cape home
2011-02-26 13:00
Johannesburg - A 42-year-old man was found murdered in his home in Kraaifontein on Saturday morning, Western Cape police said.
Police were called by neighbours to a Joostenbergvlakte small holding in Kraaifontein, where the body was found around 05:30, said Captain Gerhard Niemand.
The man's body was found on a couch in his lounge with his hands tied with an electric cord and a stab wound to his chest.
Niemand said the man's young children where asleep inside the house when what appeared to have been a robbery happened.
The children were not harmed.
The murdered man's Toyota Tazz, which was stolen during the robbery, was found abandoned near Fisantekraal.
A case of murder and robbery was being investigated.
Anyone with information can contact Warrant Officer Dirkie van Reenen at Kraaifontein SAPS on 021 980 5500 or Crime Stop on 08600 1011.
- SAPA