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Police in Johannesburg, South Africa, have arrested a man who confessed that last year, on the orders of a drug dealer, he set fire to an entire building in an apartment complex to dispose of a body, killing 76 people. had lost his life. Now the police will prosecute him for the murder of 76 people.
The shocking admission came as the man was giving evidence at a public inquiry into the causes of the overnight fire in Johannesburg in August, which killed 76 people. This was one of the worst incidents in South Africa. During his testimony, the 29-year-old man, who was not named, said he had beaten and strangled a man to death in the basement of the building on the night of the fire. After this, gasoline was poured on the person’s body and he was burnt with a matchstick.
He also admitted in his testimony that he was a drug user and that a Tanzanian drug dealer living in the building had asked him to kill the man. Police said that after the testimony of that person, he has been arrested. He is also accused of 120 counts of attempt to murder and arson, police said in a statement.
The confession cannot be used against him.
This man was a resident of the same building and was therefore testifying as a witness as to what caused the fire in the building and what safety failures led to the deaths of so many people. But his confession shocked everyone. The panel in charge of the investigation ordered that he not be identified after his testimony and a lawyer leading the questioning of witnesses said that his confession could not be used against him because it was not a criminal trial. He was addressed as “Mr.” Which caused a fire in a five-storey building in the Marshalltown district of the city, in which dozens of people, including at least 12 children, were killed. More than 80 people were injured.
The fire drew global attention to the city of Johannesburg’s long-standing problem of “dilapidated buildings”. The building was owned by the City of Johannesburg, but it was illegally occupied by some people. Many of the people living in the building were immigrants who were suspected of being in South Africa illegally, from whom these people extorted money.
The building was a den of crime
In his testimony the man said the building was a crime den run by drug dealers. He also claimed that there were more bodies in the basement of the building before the fire. South African police opened a criminal case days after the fire five months ago but no one was arrested. Emergency services officials said they found that most of the building’s fire escapes had been locked or chained that night, making it even more dangerous.
Arms, legs and back broken due to jumping
According to witnesses and health officials, some people jumped out of windows to escape. Some people said they had to throw their babies and children out, hoping that people below would catch them. Many of the injured had broken arms, legs and backs due to jumping out of windows. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered an investigation into the incident, which began in October after hearing testimony from emergency services workers who were at the scene.
