Police hunting fourth suspect
2002-04-07 13:26
Middelburg - Mpumalanga police were on the trail of a fourth man on Sunday
believed to be linked to the murder of author and television
presenter Pieter Pieterse.
"We know who he is, he is just in hiding," provincial police
spokesperson Senior Superintendent Theo Du Bruyn said on Sunday.
Three men were arrested early on Saturday in connection with
Pieterse's murder.
Two of them, both aged 21, were arrested at Tonga near the
Mozambican border. The third man (31) was arrested at Hectorspruit.
The men were linked to the case after witnesses spotted them
allegedly carrying stolen goods near the murder scene.
The three will appear in the Malelane Magistrate's Court on
Monday.
Pieterse (66) was murdered in Komatipoort last month. He was
stabbed 28 times.
His badly decomposed body was discovered by his wife, Jenny, at
Marloth Park.
According to police, he had been dead "for days" when his body
was found.
- SAPA