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22 November 2013 Year 24 Vol: 12
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Three children mysteriously killed in
Freezer of sorrow By Elmon Tshikhudo
Day in and day out, reports of missing children when they went to church as Rudzani was not around the country have become a common fea- feeling well and wanted prayers. “We came back ture of life. Some are lucky to be found alive and, at about 17:00 and the children were nowhere to be in most cases, children are still on the receiving found. I enquired from all the people I thought they end as they are killed for reasons known only to might have gone to and also checked at the house the perpetrators themselves. where they were later found, only to find that the In some cases, mothers are to blame for not house was locked. It was only after people forced taking care of their children. their way into the house that the children were Vhembe has not been spared as there are found dead,� she said. - Continues on p2 still cases involving children which have not been resolved. The mysterious killing of three children at Mamangwa village outside Thohoyandou over the weekend has added to the ever-increasing number of children dying under mysterious circumstances. The three children of sisters from the same home were left playing at one of their homes in the village when the grandmother and one of the mothers went to church on Sunday morning. Mpho Munwana (6), Phetho Munwana (6) and Makhadzi Muvhulawa (3), all from three different mothers of the same family, were found dead in a disused refrigerator on Sunday evening. This was after a frantic search by members of the community and the family. Their lifeless bodies were found on top of each other in the fridge. The size of the fridge leaves many questions as to how the children ended up stuffed in there. There was also blood in the fridge. Some of the hairpieces were torn off, which also indicates that there had been violence in the room. Their shoes were strewn over the floor. The bloodied fridge where the children were found. The Above: Makhadzi Muvhulawa and Mpho Gogo Muofhe Mulovhedzi, who looked size of the fridge has made it difficult for community Munwana, both aged 6. after the children, said she and her daughter members to understand that the children had done it Rudzani left the children playing together themselves. Left: Phetho Munwana (3).
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