Four Arrested In Connection With Limpopo Traffic Officers Killing

A Limpopo traffic officer has been found dead at a mountain near a village outside Thohoyandou. Police say Patrick Netshidzivhani had been reported missing earlier this week.

He was initially reported missing on Sunday, 12 January, after being last seen while exercising at Khunguni mountain near Ha-Makhuvha village and did not return home.

A police preliminary report indicates that he had been strangled. Four suspects have been arrested.

Police spokesperson Hlulani Mashaba says the officers vehicle has also been recovered.

The deceased reportedly went to Khunguni mountain where he conducts his routine fitness exercises and later failed to return to his respective home. The matter was immediately reported to the police and a missing person inquiry was registered. The police commenced with an investigation in earnest which led to the recovery of the traffic police officers vehicle and the subsequent arrest of four suspects - three men and a woman from within the locality.