Hwange girl (5) raped, murdered

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl was last week raped by an unknown assailant on her way from school, an incident that has cast a dark cloud on Lubangwe village in Hwange.

Pamela Mhlanga

Matabeleland North provincial police spokesperson Inspector Siphiwe Makonese said the police had launched a manhunt for the unknown person, who raped and killed the girl last Wednesday.

The deceased girl, Makonese said, was returning home from Nyongolo Primary School where she was a Grade 0 pupil.

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