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Maimed body found after intensive search
Girl (9) butchered The spot where the young girl was found, with her body half buried in sand.
Mutshidzi Ramanyimi (9). By Elmon Tshikhudo The police, local traditional leader and community structures have called for calmness, following a volatile situation at Tshilungoma outside Thohoyandou the past week. The situation at the village came about after the discovery of a dead child at a nearby rivulet. Some of her body parts were allegedly missing. Mutshidzi Ramanyimi (9) went missing on
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1 March 2013 while playing with other children at a neighbour’s house. An intensive search involving the police, the local community and the dog unit of the SAPS yielded no results until Friday, when a passerby spotted the body in some bushes. Since the discovery of the body, the villagers have gone on the rampage and barricaded roads. The situation has been tense, with community members calling for the eviction of people they suspected to have taken part in the murder from the village. The little girl’s father, Mr Leonard Ramanyimi, said they became worried when she did not come back home on that particular day. - Continues on p2
The warning is clear: ritual murderers are not welcome in the village. Angry villagers wave placards denouncing ritual murders.