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Police in Gqeberha are investigating a case of theft after a water tank was stolen from the Altona Primary School in Greenbushes in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Spokesperson Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg says the complainant checked the school's cameras to make sure everything was still in order when she noticed the water tank was missing.

Police in George have opened up an inquest docket after a 10-year-old girl drowned at the Main Beach in Wilderness.

Police in Gqeberha are investigating a case of murder after a man was stabbed to death in Bluewater Bay last night. Spokesperson Captain Gerda Swart says Swartkops police were summoned to a crime scene in Hillcrest Drive at 6.30 last night where they found the body of a man in his thirties.

Police in Hofmeyer in the Eastern Cape have opened up an inquest docket after three young women died inside a tavern on Christmas Day.

A tragedy unfolded in Beachview in Gqeberha on Christmas Day when a teenager got washed out of the tidal pool by a big wave. A spokesperson for the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Craig Lambinon says various roleplayers were called out to the tidal pool at 5 pm where extensive efforts were made to find him.

A teenager is expected to appear in the Kariega Magistrates Court this week after allegedly killing his mother's boyfriend on Christmas Day. Police Spokesperson Captain Gerda Swart says a 34-year-old woman and her 25-year-old boyfriend went to visit the accused in Moo Valley in Despatch on Christmas day when an argument broke out between the couple.

Six people have been arrested following a fatal mob justice attack in the Amalinda Forest informal settlement in Cambridge, East London. Police spokesperson Captain Hazel Mqala says on Friday last week a woman was informed by a family member that her 39-year-old son was being assaulted and set alight.

Eastern Cape police are investigating the brutal murder of a nurse who was dragged out of a hospital in Mqanduli and shot dead outside.

The Eastern Cape Transport Department says three people were killed when three taxis were involved in a collision on the R61 between Aberdeen and Beaufort West on Christmas Day.