What was supposed to be a night out with friends at a bar in Fourways, Johannesburg, over the weekend, has turned into a murder investigation.
Police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo said a man and his friends were waiting for a lift outside a bar at the Pineslopes shopping centre on Saturday evening.
Masondo said an unknown man approached the group and grabbed one of their cellphones. The man fled and jumped into a white Nissan Almera.He also got into the car in an attempt to retrieve the cellphone.Masondo said the friends gave chase."It appears the victim sustained a head injury and he died on the scene."
A colleague of the man has put out an appeal on a community Facebook page, asking potential witnesses of the incident to contact him.According to the 32-year-old's Facebook page, he is a father of a young child. "I’ll never apologise for putting my family first," one of his post reads. His page is also flooded with pictures of his family.
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