Dad arrested for ritual murder
2006-07-16 13:16
Thohoyandou - A 40-year-old man was arrested on Sunday, in connection with the discovery of the half-naked, mutilated body of a 30-year-old woman in northern Limpopo earlier this month.
Superintendent Ailwei Mushavhanamadi said the man arrested was the father of the children who had gone with the woman into the Nulodi mountains, outside Thohoyandou, to collect wood.
The children had returned, but not the woman.
Her right palm, her upper lip, her left ear and the front part of her breasts had been cut off, said Mushavhanamadi.
She was naked from the waist down and a rope was tied around her neck.
Mushavhanamadi said police were investigating a "ritualistic" murder.
The man will appear in court shortly, he said.
- SAPA