{"id":12405,"date":"2013-12-19T09:58:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T09:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=12405"},"modified":"2013-12-19T09:58:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T09:58:39","slug":"cruel-murders-shock-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=12405","title":{"rendered":"Cruel murders shock town"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12406\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/malmesbury.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12406\" alt=\"Malmesbury \" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/malmesbury.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malmesbury<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The family of two Malmesbury sisters found bound and bludgeoned to death, said they found it difficult to comprehend their brutal murder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sophia Syster, 43, and Sylvia Syster, 31, were found dead inside the Eatsumore Take-Aways in Main Road, Malmesbury, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While one of the sisters was found bound and naked on the floor, the other was found partially hidden under a bed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Wednesday, the police could not confirm whether the pair had been sexually assaulted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anton Blom, the take-away\u2019s owner, said they had been killed in a cruel manner, apparently with a hammer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI unlocked the shop at 6.35am and found the one lady on the floor in her bedroom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe place was in disarray.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said he was so shocked that he immediately called the police, not yet having seen the other woman under the bed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sophia had been working at the takeaway for 15 months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sylvia often slept on the streets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt was so cruel. I heard she was hit with a hammer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Blom said the perpetrators had come in through the shop\u2019s ceiling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is such a big shock to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Charney Syster, Sophia\u2019s daughter, said the family could not believe it when they heard the news.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt was really difficult for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe still have to see the bodies, they have not completed the autopsies yet,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The last time she had seen her mom was on Saturday when she had told her that she would be going to the beach on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police spokesman Captain FC van Wyk said no arrests had yet been made. &#8211; IOL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family of two Malmesbury sisters found bound and bludgeoned to death, said they found it difficult to comprehend their brutal murder. Sophia Syster, 43, and Sylvia Syster, 31, were found dead inside the Eatsumore Take-Aways in Main Road, Malmesbury, on Tuesday. 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