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Jul 26, 2011 | Sapa | 5 comments

Knife-man kicks down door and kills woman aged 72

 We suspect the motive for the murder was witchcraft-related 

A 72-year-old woman was stabbed to death in her home near Mthatha, Eastern Cape police said on Tuesday.

The woman was asleep with her granddaughter at home in Ncihane village, when a man kicked open the door at 8pm on Monday, said Lt-Col Mzukisi Fatyela.

Fatyela said the intruder drew a knife and stabbed the woman before he fled.  The granddaughter was not injured.

“The police followed leads and arrested a man in the same village a few hours later.

“We suspect the motive for the murder was witchcraft-related, but at this stage I cannot provide further details on that,” Fatyela said.

The suspect, 52, would face a murder charge in the Elliotdale Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

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Fri May 24 10:10:22 SAST 2013 ::
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Jul 26, 2011

shanns

this is sad.... what is happening to this world............. all you read is murder murder murder
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Jul 26, 2011

green2014

Has nyaope hit the Eastern Cape; has local marijuana become potent or is it a case of poverty fuelling superstition? You'll never know because in hard times people will believe anything. Look around places of worship have sprung around like weeds after the first summer rains.
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Jul 26, 2011

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

The woman was asleep with her granddaughter at home in Ncihane village, when a man kicked open the door at 8pm on Monday, said Lt-Col Mzukisi Fatyela. Fatyela said the intruder drew a knife and stabbed the woman before he fled. The granddaughter was not injured.
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Sad, granny may your soul rest in peace.

The Police should also question the granddaughter, ho tseba mang ho*re o ne a batla ntlu ya magogo????? Why did "the intruder" go to the granny???? If its witchcraft related, eish bodarkie ma*re, when are we going to stop masepa a boloi??????

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Jul 26, 2011

Mellow

Gogo may your soul RIP

Ke mang a loileng mang go ne mo, did guy suspect magogo for practising witch witchy on him or in general OR did some toor die topie to go kill magogo OR die topie is witchy witchy himself
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Jul 26, 2011

Jjones

Now that the Police arrested him so let him and serve his sentence and actually his boyfriends are waiting for him in jail to deal with his A..S
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