As police continue to act on the volumes of most reported violent crimes against persons including murder, attempted murder, assault with the purpose to inflict grievous bodily harm, sexual crimes and armed robberies, Gauteng detectives have arrested six-hundred and twenty two suspects during the month of March 2018.
Looking at previous years’ statistics, volumes of crimes against the persons are worrying and police are appealing to the community to work together with the police to deal effectively with these acts of violence. The arrested suspects are already appearing at various Magistrate Courts for the purpose of criminal proceedings.
All the cases in which the arrest were effected were reported to the police during the month of March 2018. Although some of the cases are still under investigation, the following successes were achieved on the various categories of the cases:
Four hundred and seventy three were for the assault with grievous bodily harm
Fifty two for rape and sexual assault
Fort five for common robbery
Twenty for armed robberies
Fourteen for murder, and
Ten for attempted murder.
There are also continuous operations to deal with reported cases and other crime prevention activities conducted by all law enforcement agencies across the Province.
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