WOMAN (41) MURDERED, DUMPED IN BUSH

 LUBULINI – The gruesome murder and possible rape of a 41-year-old woman has sent shock waves around Ntfutfwakati, around Lubulini.
The woman was allegedly strangled, before her naked body was dumped under vegetation, just a few metres from her homestead.

Her body was found on Monday morning, by an elderly man who happens to be the woman’s neighbour. The elderly man had gone to check on the woman, after nobody had accounted for her on the previous day, as she was last seen coming from a local watering hole on Saturday evening.

 Assaulted

Her body was found naked when the elderly man made the horrific discovery, but police are yet to ascertain if she was sexually assaulted.
It is believed that her attackers, who were probably looking for money, stormed the woman’s homestead on Saturday night.

It was gathered that the killers invaded the woman’s house while she was sleeping with a friend, who usually assisted her with household chores, and beat her up. The friend, who was in the same house as the victim, later told investigators that two men stormed into the house while they were asleep.
The friend, who managed to run away during the attack, said the attackers had covered their faces using balaclavas.

It was alleged that the woman was dragged outside the house by her feet.
Drag marks stretching from the door up to the spot where the woman’s unresponsive body was found suggest that she was already dead when she was taken out of the house.

The man, who made the shocking discovery, disclosed that when he got inside the house to investigate, he found everything turned upside down, indicating that there might have been a struggle before the woman eventually died.
He said the body had been partially concealed under some vegetation, but beneath the covering, the woman was naked.
She had some injuries to the head, suggesting that she had been beaten. Bruises that were also discovered around her neck gave an indication that she may have as well been strangled by her attackers.

Onlookers

Investigators from the Lubulini Police Station were called to the scene, and the macabre discovery attracted a lot of onlookers, who were mainly community members who watched from a distance as the officers were trying to piece together the woman’s last grisly moments alive.
The investigators spent hours scouring the scene for possible evidence.

A relative who preferred to be referred to as Make Mavimbela, described the killing of her niece as out of character for the area.
“It’s devastating because she was a jolly person and wouldn’t hurt a fly. We are still asking questions about the motive of the killing. It could be that the people were looking for money. For now we don’t know what really happened and we are leaving everything to the police to unravel the truth,” said the grieving woman.

By the time of compiling this report, police had already started canvassing the area for possible clues. Sources hinted that at least three members of the same family had been questioned over the death, and it was expected that the search would be widened as no arrests were immediately made.
Chief Police Information and Communications Officer Superintendent Phindile Vilakati confirmed that the alleged killers were still at large.
She said police investigations into the shocking death were still ongoing.
She then encouraged any person who might have any information to aid police investigations to come forward.

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