search for herdsman

08 July 2009 - 02:00
By Mhlaba Memela

POLICE are searching for a man suspected of hacking to death a 22-year-old woman on the farm Vaalbank in Utrecht, KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend.

POLICE are searching for a man suspected of hacking to death a 22-year-old woman on the farm Vaalbank in Utrecht, KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend.

Locals told police that the woman was attacked by her boyfriend who had allegedly fled the area. Shocked residents said they knew the suspect and believed the woman came from Inquthu.

The suspect, thought to be from Lesotho, worked as a herdsman.

Police spokesperson Shooz Magudulela said detectives would like to question Ndlovu Gatsheniabout the attack.