Police in Mpumalanga have launched a manhunt for the alleged k!ller of an 11-year-old girl.
The girl’s body was discovered slain on a farm in Hendrina on Sunday, August 25 at approximately 7.30 p.m.
Colonel Donald Mdhluli, the provincial police spokesperson, said the perpetrator fled the scene after allegedly k!lling the girl.
“According to a report, the girl’s mother was in search of her daughter but without any success, hence she reported her disappearance to the police.
During the reporting, the woman informed the police that she suspects that her sister’s male companion could know something about her daughter’s sudden disappearance. She further explained that before her child went missing, the girl was last seen with the man in question,” Mdhuli said.
Police immediately went to the farm where the man lived to investigate and look for him, but he had already left.
“The astute members somehow managed to get inside his shack. It was during this period when the men and women in blue noticed some blood stains inside the shack, then as they continued searching, about 100 metres away from the shack, they discovered the naked body of the child with some stab wounds.
The little girl was unfortunately certified dead by the medical personnel at the scene. The preliminary investigation suggests that the girl could have been raped by the suspect,” Mdhuli said.
