Taliep Petersen Murder: Strange Events
There had been a few strange events in the previous few months before the murder.
Taliep had a state-of-the-art security surveillance system installed after his wife had received a telephoned death threat against her husband in May. She was told if Petersen did not withdraw as a judge in kykNET’s Afrikaans Idols show, they would kill him. In many media reports, the house has been described as a ‘fortress’.
Two weeks later Taliep’s sister’s two eldest sons were walking home from the nearby Mosque of Peace when a car drove up to them. Three men jumped out and robbed the boys of their cellphones.
“When we notified the police, they said they were worried the phone call to Najwa and the robbing of my boys were related. They told us to watch our backs,” said Zorayna Dollan, Taliep’s sister.
A week later, Dollan said her sons were walking home from the mosque again when they recognised the vehicle as the one driven by the men who robbed them.
“When they tried to take down the number plate, the three men inside shouted at them and drove away. The police again warned us and the rest of the family to be careful,” she said.
In June, Taliep was stabbed in the neck by a close relative. At the time, Petersen shrugged off the incident and did not lay charges.
Are these strange happenings related to the murder?
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