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He says SAPS from Melkbosstrand also arrived on the scene where they found a black suitcase and bucket in the man's possession.

Local police had warned the agents of a "suicidal" man travelling to Washington from Indiana and around midnight found his parked vehicle near 17th and F Streets.

India beat New Zealand by four wickets to win a record third Champions Trophy title on Sunday.

Tributes stream in Sunday for renowned playwright Athol Fugard who has died at the age of 92.

A request has been made to the Executive Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay and the Directorate of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture, to change the name of Kobus Road in the Northern Areas to honour slain cop Callan Andrews.

Detectives in Komatipoort in Mpumalanga have made yet another breakthrough in the murder investigation of Lieutenant Colonel Piet Pretorius. Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Magonseni Nkosi says a sixth suspect was arrested following a tip off.

Negotiators had boarded a fire truck lift and used a megaphone to speak with the man, but footage on social media showed the figure in a hoodie and baseball cap saying: "I will come down on my own terms."

Investigators suggested it could be the case that the elder Hackman had not realized his wife was dead in the bathroom, given his advanced age and neurodegenerative disease. "He was in an advanced state of Alzheimer's, and it's quite possible that he was not aware that she was deceased," the medical examiner said.

A South Carolina who killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat will be put to death by firing squad on Friday in the first such execution in the United States in 15 years.