A man in was arrested on Tuesday after he was found pushing the decomposing remains of his girlfriend in a wheelbarrow in Bloemfontein, police in South Africa have confirmed.
The body was covered with blankets and a local resident saw a foot sticking out from underneath, around 5.30 am on Tuesday in Kagisanong, Constable Peter Kareli said in a statement.
The 35-year-old man was caught and beaten up when he tried to run away.
Kagisanong police took the man to the Pelonomi Hospital where he was under police guard in a critical condition.
The body was identified as the suspect’s 31-year-old girlfriend. A case of murder was opened and a post mortem was being conducted.
Bloemfontein is the capital city of the Free State Province of South Africa; and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africa’s three national capitals; the other two capitals are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Pretoria, the administrative capital.
