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Boy ritually killed, as killer claim he wanted his head for muthi
20 Aug 2015 at 07:07hrs | Views
A SUSPECTED child killer in South Africa allegedly told villagers who caught him he wanted the boy's head for muthi.
Daily Sun reported that people of Zabasa Village in Dalasile, near Mthatha are shocked after Msindisi Mzolisa (10) was allegedly killed in front of his friends on Sunday.
Dalasile Chief Daluxolo Jezile said the boy was playing with his friends when the man allegedly dragged him to a nearby Mbeni forest.
The kids followed the man, who had a knife.
They begged for their friend's life, but he allegedly strangled Msindisi in front of them.
The kids ran back to the village and told their parents, who alerted residents and cops.
"Villagers helped Dalasile, Ngcobo and Mthatha cops to search for the boy until late on Sunday," chief Jezile told Daily Sun.
"On Monday a group of residents found the suspect in the forest. They told him to show them where the body was. The boy's throat had been slit. The suspect told residents his traditional healer in Cape Town told him to bring four heads of kids to make him rich. His plan was to kill two children on Sunday and the others this week," chief Jezile said.
Villagers knew the man, who spent most of his time in Cape Town.
Lieutenant-Colonel Mzukisi Fatyela told the publication that the 25-year-old murder suspect was arrested.
Daily Sun reported that people of Zabasa Village in Dalasile, near Mthatha are shocked after Msindisi Mzolisa (10) was allegedly killed in front of his friends on Sunday.
Dalasile Chief Daluxolo Jezile said the boy was playing with his friends when the man allegedly dragged him to a nearby Mbeni forest.
The kids followed the man, who had a knife.
They begged for their friend's life, but he allegedly strangled Msindisi in front of them.
The kids ran back to the village and told their parents, who alerted residents and cops.
"Villagers helped Dalasile, Ngcobo and Mthatha cops to search for the boy until late on Sunday," chief Jezile told Daily Sun.
"On Monday a group of residents found the suspect in the forest. They told him to show them where the body was. The boy's throat had been slit. The suspect told residents his traditional healer in Cape Town told him to bring four heads of kids to make him rich. His plan was to kill two children on Sunday and the others this week," chief Jezile said.
Villagers knew the man, who spent most of his time in Cape Town.
Lieutenant-Colonel Mzukisi Fatyela told the publication that the 25-year-old murder suspect was arrested.
Source - Daily Sun
