The police in South Africa have arrested a female suspect said to have participated in the murder of Isaac Satlat, a 22-year-old Nigerian e-hailing driver in Pretoria West.
Satlat was said to have been killed on February 11, after picking up passengers who had requested his service.
A CCTV footage shows a female passenger attacking him as a male passenger in the back seat joined in the assault.
The victim was reportedly strangled from behind. The suspects then dumped his body on the back seat and took control of the vehicle.
Police later recovered the hijacked car with Satlat’s body inside.
“The police have arrested a female suspect after an e-hailing driver was allegedly killed while inside the car in Pretoria West on Wednesday, 11/02. More arrests are imminent as the police investigation continues,” the statement from the police reads.
“Preliminary investigations suggest that the victim was murdered by a male and female who had requested the services of an e-hailing driver in Pretoria West. The hijacked vehicle and the body of the victim were found in Atteridgeville on the same day.”
The suspect is expected to appear before the Atteridgeville magistrate’s court on Monday on charges of car hijacking and murder.
Satlat was a student in South Africa and is said to be due for graduation in March.
His death has sparked outrage and renewed conversations over xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other foreigners in South Africa.
