{"id":213922,"date":"2026-05-01T11:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/213922\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T11:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:29:10","slug":"most-wanted-suspect-caught-after-daring-hospital-escape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/213922\/","title":{"rendered":"Most wanted suspect caught after daring hospital escape!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Police<\/p>\n


\n Police recapture escaped suspect Tumelo Raledi in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga after a massive manhunt. \n <\/p>\n

A 34-YEAR-OLD suspect who escaped from police custody at a hospital has been recaptured in Mpumalanga.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tumelo Raledi, who fled while under police guard at Maphuta Malatji Hospital in Limpopo on Sunday, 26 April, is back behind bars after a massive manhunt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cops worked around the clock hunting the suspect, who is linked to a string of serious and violent crimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The breakthrough came on Thursday, 30 April, when members of the public tipped off police about his whereabouts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tumelo was hiding out at a house in the Bushbuckridge area.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Police spokesman Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba said officers moved in swiftly and arrested the suspect.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is considered dangerous and is facing serious charges, including rape, attempted murder, and two counts of murder allegedly committed between 2023 and 2025 in the Namakgale area,\u201d said Mashaba.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Limpopo police commissioner, Lieutenant-General Thembi Hadebe, praised the community for playing a key role in the arrest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She urged residents to continue working with police to fight crime.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tumelo will appear in the Namakgale Magistrates Court on Monday, 4 May, where he will face an additional charge of escaping from lawful custody.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Investigations are ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Police recapture escaped suspect Tumelo Raledi in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga after a massive manhunt. A 34-YEAR-OLD suspect who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[83128,5383,131,107111],"class_list":{"0":"post-213922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-prison-break","9":"tag-saps","10":"tag-south-africa","11":"tag-tumelo-raledi"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116499091828445946","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}