Youths held for killing shepherd
2012-12-12 14:18
Johannesburg - Two youths aged 18 and 19 have been
arrested for stabbing a shepherd to death at Kwaaiman, in Ngcwanguba, Eastern
Cape police said on Wednesday.
The shepherd herded his employer's cattle into their
kraal and was on his way home on Tuesday night when three youths stabbed him
twice and fled. He died at the scene, said police spokesperson Zamukulungisa
Jozana.
Police were alerted by witnesses. Two of the youths were
arrested at their homes in Ngcwanguba later on Tuesday.
The third remained
on the run, he said.
The two arrested had bloodstained clothes.
"We also recovered two knifes in their
possession," said Jozana.
The motive for the attack was not known. The two were
expected to appear in the Kwaaiman Periodical Court on Thursday on a charge of
murder.
- SAPA
