The body of a former paramedic, who has been described as popular and dedicated, was found in a Pretoria guesthouse on Friday morning in unexplained circumstances, reports News24.
Police said no one has been arrested yet for the murder of Braam Kruger, who was apparently one of a party of six men who checked into three rooms at the B&B on Thursday afternoon.
Initial reports suggest Kruger had booked the accommodation by phone at around 3.30pm on Thursday, with the rooms allegedly being paid for in cash when the party arrived that afternoon.
Tshwane District SA Police Service spokesperson Captain Johan van Dyk said it appeared the men were friends, but they had left without Kruger, in an e-hailing vehicle at 8pm, saying they were going to get food. It was not clear if they returned to the accommodation.
Cleaning staff found Kruger’s body the next morning.
“He had been tied up, and there were signs of a struggle,” said Van Dyk. The motive is unknown.
Kruger had been a paramedic with Emer-G-Med, a private ambulance service, before working as an operations executive at EQiGate, a private healthcare company where he was employed until his death.
Private ambulance service CrisisOnCall wrote on its Facebook page that Kruger was a popular and “dedicated paramedic who served with courage, compassion, and unwavering commitment to saving lives”.
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