Calls for life sentence for suspect linked to Thembisa woman’s murder
The body was discovered at the Mooifontein Cemetery in Thembisa in Ekurhuleni on Saturday morning
Friends of Ntombifuthu Nxumalo, whose body was discovered on Saturday morning, are demanding a life sentence for the suspect arrested in her murder case. Nxumalo's remains were found at Mooifontein Cemetery in Thembisa, Ekurhuleni. Police suspect she may have been stoned to death. Nxumalo is among eleven women murdered in Ekurhuleni and Soweto since July.
Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane, Acting National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), made the announcement. Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of Nxumalo, whose body was found at Mooifontein Cemetery in Tembisa on Saturday morning.
Nxumalo's friend, Mamsi Ntuli, expressed her anguish over her friend's death. "Ntombifuthi’s death is a very painful one. When I heard yesterday that a body of a female was found at the graveyard, I did not want to go, but I’m at ease now that the suspect has been caught. He should be given a life sentence."
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