PORT ELIZABETH - MANHUNT LAUNCHED FOR 4 DANGEROUS SUSPECTS AFTER MAN STABBED IN THE NECK DURING ROBBERY

Detectives at SAPS Algoa Park are searching for four suspects allegedly involved in the robbery and murder of a 23-year-old-man during the early hours of Wednesday morning, 04 November 2020.

It is alleged that at about 01:00, Denver Simons of Trooper Street in Balfour Heights and a friend were walking in Corsa Street when they were approached by four males. 

Two of the males are known to them. One of the suspects was armed with a firearm and the other three had knives. The four males threatened Simons and his friend before searching them. 

They took R10-00 from the friend and Simons’s cellphone and music box. 

When Simons refused to give the cellphone and music box, a scuffle ensued. 

He was fatally stabbed once in his neck. 

The suspects then ran away leaving the music box behind. 

Simons passed away on the scene.

A case of murder and robbery is under investigation.

via - SAPS