Couple arrested for murder of Soweto boys
Gauteng police have made a breakthrough after reporting an arrest of suspects in connection with the gruesome murder of 5-year-old Nqobizitha Zulu and 6-year-old Tshiamo Rabanye that happened a week earlier.
In a media statement released on Wednesday morning (April 26), Provincial Commissioner of Police in Gauteng, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela says a team of investigators that was established to investigate the murders of Tshiamo Rabanye and Mduduzi Nqobizitha Zulu, have cracked the case with the arrest of a 50-year-old woman and her 39-year-old partner.
According to police spokesperson, Colonel Mawela Masondo, the couple’s arrest follows a forensic investigation at the boys’ homes the officers brought in two suspects for questioning.
“The duo has since been charged with murder. They will appear before the Protea Magistrates Court on Friday, 28 April 2023,” Masondo said.
The community of Soweto and the rest of South Africa is still in shock following the discovery of the mutilated bodies of the two young boys, who were reported missing on Wednesday evening, April 19. Their bodies were found in two separate locations: one in White City and the other in Rockville in the morning of April 20.
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