Police have arrested three additional suspects in connection with the murder of a 19-year-old first-year Stellenbosch University student earlier this week.
The student was stabbed while riding his bicycle on Borcherd Street in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The latest arrests bring the total number of suspects in custody to four, including a 19-year-old who was apprehended shortly after the incident.
The 19-year-old is expected to appear in the Stellenbosch Magistrates Court today.
Police spokesperson Malcolm Pojie says, The victim was riding his bicycle down Borcherd Street, Stellenbosch, when he was accosted, stabbed in the neck, and robbed of his personal belongings. An intricate investigation by Stellenbosch detectives, in collaboration with Crime Intelligence, led to the arrest of a 19-year-old male suspect within hours of the crime.
