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Eugene

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Sat Apr 8, 2023, 11:07 PM Apr 2023

Thabo Bester: 'Facebook rapist' who faked death arrested in Tanzania

Source: BBC

Thabo Bester: 'Facebook rapist' who faked death arrested in Tanzania

8 April 2023

By Kathryn Armstrong
BBC News

A rapist and murderer who escaped a South African prison by faking his own death has been arrested in Tanzania.

Thabo Bester was at large for a year after it was thought he died by setting himself on fire in his prison cell.

A manhunt was launched last month after a new post-mortem investigation revealed the body wasn't actually his.

Bester was caught on Friday with his girlfriend and a third suspect and will be extradited to South Africa.

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In May, it was reported he had been found dead in his cell after apparently setting himself on fire at the Mangaung Correctional Centre in the city of Bloemfontein.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65221385

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Thabo Bester: 'Facebook rapist' who faked death arrested in Tanzania (Original Post) Eugene Apr 2023 OP
Sounds charming. 2naSalit Apr 2023 #1
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