Bulawayo Polytechnic Student Murdered For Identifying Robber
A 23-year-old Bulawayo Polytechnic student was allegedly robbed and fatally stabbed last Monday, during the night, because she had identified one of the suspects during the mugging.
Inobubele Mhlanga was brutally attacked by Thamsanqa Ndebele (26) and Euton Sebatha (36) after getting off a commuter bus near the TM turnoff bus stop in Cowdray Park.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson for Bulawayo Province, Inspector Abednico Ncube, confirmed the incident to Southern Eye.
He said Mhlanga had recognised one of the suspects as they lived in the same neighbourhood. To silence her forever, and ensure that she would not reveal the identity of the robbers, she was killed. Said Inspector Ncube:
On November 4, at around 8:30 pm, the now-deceased was found by passers-by lying in a pool of blood near TM turnoff bus stop in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, with a penetrative wound above the right breast and several cuts on both hands.
She was ferried to Mpilo Central Hospital by a well-wisher and passed on while she was being attended to by a doctor.
The day after the incident, police rounded up known robbery suspects in the area.
One suspect, Playmore Mpofu (27) from Cowdray Park, admitted to often committing robberies in the Cowdray Park area with Ndebele and Sebatha.
Based on information from the community, police were able to arrest Ndebele and Sebatha in the Cowdray Park area.
During interrogation, Ndebele confessed to attacking the victim, Inobubele Mhlanga, and taking her handbag containing $30 with the help of his accomplice, Sebatha. Said Inspector Ncube:
He further stated that Sebatha stabbed the now-deceased because she had identified him since they resided in the same area and they knew each other.
Mhlanga was laid to rest at Luveve Cemetery in Bulawayo.
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