Rumours spread of 'arsonist burning homes in Joburg's northern suburbs'

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The talk of the town in Joburg's upmarket suburbs of Hyde Park, Dunkeld and Illovo is that a lone serial arsonist is on the loose who breaks into homes, helps himself to food and drink then sets the house alight. But police say it's simply not true.

A lone arsonist is alleged to be targeting homes in Joburg's upmarket northern suburbs, deliberately burning them down.While the talk of the town in Joburg's upmarket suburbs of Hyde Park, Dunkeld and Illovo is that a lone serial arsonist who breaks into homes, helps himself to food and leaves his mark by defecating in the house before setting it alight is on the loose, police have poured water on these claims.

“There is possibly a lot of stuff that happened and was never properly reported to us or went through other channels. But I can confirm that since January 1 2021 to date we received only three reports of house fires — one in Illovo, one in Hyde Park and one in Marlborough Gardens.A woman in Sandton — who failed to respond to requests for more information — posted an angry account on her Facebook page, claiming that 13 houses in the area had been burnt down in the area in the past 12 months.

The ward councillor for the area, Martin Williams, said he had heard about the arson cases and was trying to confirm them.

 

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Can you imagine why the cops are sweeping this under the carpet?

That us happening all over the country.We are not told the real news.They also steal cars crash and burn them.BLM we need to understand the issues at hand and help them at least jobs have been created for Arsonists they need the jobs.Africianacity

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