'Santa' goes on stabbing spree
2003-12-18 16:18
Zenzele Kuhlase
Delmas - Six people were stabbed by a man pretending he wanted to give them Christmas presents on Tuesday.
A small crowd soon followed the man as he walked through Delmas on Tuesday night in a one-hour stabbing spree.
The crowd tried to warn his last victim, Cinas Mthimunye, from going near him.
"But Mthimunye was lured with the promise of a Christmas present and was stabbed once in the chest," said police spokesperson Charles Nkosi on Thursday.
Mthimunye died at the scene.
He said no one called the police during the stabbing spree, but that five people who survived the stabbings had come forward to lay charges.
Police have not made any arrests yet, as no one can describe the man, who eventually ran away.
- African Eye