Woman’s burnt remains spark looting in Mpumalanga
As a result of the looting and violence, foreign shop owners have reportedly been advised to seek places of safety.
Members of the police’s Tactical Response Team (TRT), deployed by Police Minister Bheki Cele, parades in Westbury, Johannesburg, 4 October 2018. Picture: Twitter
Foreign-owned shops were looted on Wednesday by irate Middelburg residents following the discovery of a 25-year-old woman’s charred remains in Mhluzi, reports eNCA.
As a result of the looting and violence, foreign shop owners have reportedly been advised to seek places of safety.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Leonard Hlathi, reports News24, said: “When police arrived at the scene, they discovered that it was the body of a woman with the head covered with a plastic bag and the rest of the body wrapped in a blanket.”
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Police also discovered that the victim had been burned with a hot plate and stabbed with a sharp object.
A 26-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday and will appear in the Middelburg Magistrate’s Court on a charge of murder.
The victim has not yet been identified. Anyone with information is urged to contact Detective Constable John Phoku on 072 216 7505 or call Crime Stop on 08600 10111.
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