The Police in Maake and Thohoyandou Policing areas respectively have arrested two teenage girls aged 17 in two separate incidents this weekend for two separate cases of murder.
In the Maake Policing area outside Tzaneen, the Police have arrested a 17 year old girl for the alleged killing of a 21 year old man at Sofaya Village in the Sekororo area of the Maake Policing precinct on 11 June 2017 at about 01:00.
It is alleged that the girl (17) was on her way to the local tavern where she met the deceased who wanted to rape her but she fought back, overpowered him, disarmed him of his knife and stabbed him to death.
The deceased was later found lying dead with multiple stab wounds along the tared road by the Police during their routine patrols.
The girl has handed herself over to the Police on 11 June 2017 and she will appear before the Lenyenye Magistrate’s Court on 12 June 2017. Police investigations are still continuing.
Meanwhile in the Thohoyandou Policing precinct, the Police have arrested another teenage girl (17) for the alleged killing of her 60 year old mother at Tshivhungululu Village outside Thohoyandou.
It is alleged that, last week on 6 June 2017 at about 16:00, the deceased was at home when she reprimanded the girl (17) for failing to attend school without reason. The suspect overpowered her mother and assaulted her. The mother was taken to the Hospital where she later died.
The teenager will appear before the Thohoyandou Magistrate’s Court soon.
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