Toddler's body found in veld
2003-11-09 15:26
Johannesburg - Police have arrested a man in Kliptown, Soweto, on Sunday after the body of a three-year-old girl was found in a veld.
According to captain Mbazima Shiburi the cause of death was not obvious but the girl's face was bruised.
The child was reported kidnapped to Soweto police on Saturday and the man who was later arrested was seen walking with the child.
Shiburi said members of the Soweto child protection unit were taking a statement from the toddler's grandmother. Her mother had not yet been told of her death.
"We suspect she might have been raped before she was killed and he (the suspect) will face that until it is proven otherwise," Shiburi said.
Shiburi said it was not known whether the suspect was related to the child.
- SAPA