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Deceased North West man with gunshot wounds identified─── KEKELETSO MOSEBETSI 10:23 Thu, 05 Jan 2023
North West police have revealed the identity of a man who was found on 1 January 2023 with gunshot wounds at an accident scene in Boitekong.
Provincial police spokesperson, Adéle Myburgh, says the deceased has been identified as 43-year-old Thapelo Jacob Tau, who worked as a Detective in Rustenburg.
OFM News reported that the deceased’s body was discovered inside a bakkie with a gunshot wound to his head. This, after an accident between a minibus and a double-cab bakkie at an intersection in Paardekraal, Boitekong. Two injured passengers were transported to the hospital for medical treatment shortly after the incident.
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Meanwhile, Myburgh said the police are also investigating a reckless and negligent driving case.
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