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UPDATE: No bail for brothers who behead sister in Phalaborwa
The suspects allegedly murdered and decapitated their sister, Irene Mopai, on February 25.
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The two brothers, Ishmael Mopai (28) and Michael Mopai (30), have appeared before the Lulekani Magistrate Court in Phalaborwa on Tuesday, May 8,on charges of murder.
Read: Phalaborwa: Beheaded woman’s brothers arrested for her murder
The suspects allegedly murdered and decapitated their sister, Irene Mopai, on February 25.
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The accused then supposedly disposed of the head on a nearby farm.
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Police reported that the issue of a ritual murder can not be ruled out.
The defendant’s case was remanded to June 25 without bail.