KwaZulu-Natal police are looking into the brutal murder of a 17-year-old girl. The teenager’s body was wrapped in a blanket and had stab wounds.
According to police, the victim’s body was discovered in a vehicle on Monday near the intersection of Kingsway Road and Ocean View Road in Amanzimtoti, south of Durban.
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“Inside the vehicle were two men who claimed that they were rushing the deceased to hospital.”
KZN police spokesperson Constable Thenjiswa Ngcobo said the victim was stabbed multiple times.
No arrests had been made at this point. Nonhlanhla Khoza, the KZN Social Development MEC, expressed shock and indignation.
“According to reports received, the victim, believed to have been raped, was found deceased in a car, bearing stab wounds and her body wrapped in a blanket,” said the Department in a statement.
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“MEC Khoza has been inundated with calls from concerned community members, informing her about the horrifying scene and urging immediate intervention.
“Upon investigation, it was revealed that the father of the child was present in the vehicle alongside another individual when the discovery was made. It is believed that the father was rushing his daughter to hospital, but tragically she passed on along the way.”