Girl 'killed by evil spirits'

TWO weeks ago, Nomusa Ndlovu rushed out of her house. She said her mum was calling outside, and she was responding to the call. That was the last time her family saw her.

Daily Sun reported that on Monday morning, her undressed body was found in the dense bush near her home at Ezimpondweni in Ndwedwe, north of Durban. She had been strangled.

Her family is still in shock and is adamant her death was caused by evil spirits.

According to her aunt, the 11-year-old girl had been sitting with them in the family home when she told them her mum was calling her from outside.

"Even though we did not hear her voice, we allowed her to go because her mum does not live far from our house," said the aunt.

"It was not until her mum came looking for her that we realised something was wrong.

"At first we thought she was joking when she asked us where her daughter was.

"But then she said she couldn't have called Nomusa because she had been at choir practice all day."

During the search, neighbours said they had seen her headed for the bushes, an area where no villager goes alone.

KZN police spokeswoman Lieutenant Nqobile Gwala said a murder case had been opened and the body was found with strangulation marks.

No one has been arrested.