Staff Reporter
Kroonstad and Heilbron police stations have been closed due to COVID-19 as the province battles a steady increase in cases of the deadly disease.
Police say Kroonstad residents may access services from the old cluster offices on Klerk Street while the building undergoes decontamination.
In Heilbron, the community will use the SAPS Hall within the premises of the police station.
The Free State now has a cumulative total of 61 974 COVID-19 cases.
The province currently has 5 217 active cases of this acute respiratory disease and at least 2 163 people have lost their lives.
About 54 594 people have recovered in the province but the second wave of the coronavirus threatens to upset some of the gains made in curbing the spread of the disease.
Meanwhile, police in Paul Roux are appealing for information that could assist in resolving a case of the murder of 60-year-old Malefetsane Jonas Mabula.
Mabula, who was a truck driver and had just returned home after retirement, was fatally shot on the evening of December 26 while sitting with friends in Fateng tse Ntsho location in the small farming town.
It is alleged that the deceased was sitting on a bench while chatting with two friends when two unknown men pounced on them.
They fired shots at the deceased before fleeing the scene on foot.
Mabula was declared dead on the scene.
The motive of the killing is unknown and no arrests have been made yet.