Beheaded woman’s brothers arrested for her murder

The woman’s head was found in the nearby bushes.


According to police spokesperson, Lt-Col Moatshe Ngoepe, two suspects, aged 29 and 31-years-old, who are both the deceased’s younger brothers, were arrested and positively linked to the beheading of 40-year-old, Irene Mopai, on 26 February, Bosveld Review reports.

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Ngoepe added that subsequent to the arrest, the deceased’s head was recovered in the nearby bushes.

The suspects will appear before the Lulekani Magistrates’ Court in Limpopo today, on a charge of murder.

Brothers ‘arrested’ in Limpopo for allegedly beheading sister

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